rarely
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Popes rarely address parliaments, trying to avoid overt political interventions.
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
Judicial misconduct is not rare, it just rarely comes to light.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
Before 1994, European teams rarely visited the U.S.; now the biggest clubs in the world make annual barnstorming tours across the country, regularly drawing crowds of more than 70,000.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
I rarely made a good ride, a full ride, but even if I had, you cannot learn much in eight seconds on an animal’s back....
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing rarely
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 9
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Rosetta Stone's Essential Academic Vocabulary: Lesson 17
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