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This inequity fuels distrust in a region that's long witnessed the arrival of opportunists eager to exploit its rich resources, including beaver pelts, gold and oil.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Their comic turns satirize the insular worlds of English landed gentry but there isn’t much insight other than: Get a load of these weird rich people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
“The goal at this age is to establish the habit, not to try to get rich quickly.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
The site has a rich natural and cultural heritage as well as a chalk stream, with the trust describing the area as "a distinctive fen-edge landscape where low-lying fenland meets the higher chalk ridge".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
The air, he thought, smelled different up here: rich and unfamiliar.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
As richer veins have been depleted, thinner seams are dug, with more rock being ground up and more silica being released into the atmosphere surrounding the workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
For Córdova, who does a lot of his own stunt work, the locations and practical effects help to make his performance richer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
High stock valuations and low unemployment, meanwhile, have bolstered spending among richer households while allowing Americans of more modest means to spend at levels adequate to undergird a six-year-old expansion.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Just as several notes played together produce a richer sound than a single note, plasma waves containing multiple frequencies can interact with incoming particles in more complex ways.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
It felt thick and richer in some places, more like crushed velvet than silk.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
Musk, the world's richest person, has already revolutionized the space sector with the partially reusable Falcon rockets, which are regularly employed to launch satellites and carry astronauts to the International Space Station.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
The Himalayas, stretching from tropical forests to alpine meadows, are among the world's richest biodiversity regions.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The curse of the world’s richest Wife Guy: The global economy has been rattled by the news of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
The richest Americans employ armies of household staff to run their homes like corporations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Henry Laurens of South Carolina, the president of the Continental Congress for a term, had become one of America’s richest men by shipping as many as 8,000 people from Africa to America.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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