rarefied
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There are good to very good players sprinkled around the team, but the collective is decidedly average, at best, in the rarefied air of a World Cup.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
This week's reception promises to be just as grand, including a stop inside Zhongnanhai, the rarefied compound where China's top leadership lives and works.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
They experienced a rarefied state — a gap between life and death as narrow as the notch they were attempting to clear at dusk Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Their stakes are real, but the dispute comes to the court in such rarefied doctrinal form that the underlying injury almost disappears.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
There was always sunshine, always a tiny sticking in the throat from the rarefied air.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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