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rarely

[rair-lee] / ˈrɛər li /


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Life is rarely simple, but retirement is nearly always complicated.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Travolta’s never been cavalier about his passion for flying and aeronautics, but rarely has he spoken as candidly about the source of that love as he does in “Propeller One-Way Night Coach.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

The New World Screwworm is a fly whose larvae feed on living tissue, and can infect cattle, wildlife, pets and, rarely, people.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

All-out attack is rarely a winning recipe in US Opens, but at the Riviera Country Club it very nearly paid off for Charley Hull.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

We’d rarely needed to venture beyond the eight or ten square blocks of the district, where we had our own churches, schools, theaters, stores of all kinds.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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