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ritzy

[rit-see] / ˈrɪt si /


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He is accused of starting a fire on New Year's Eve 2025 in the mountains overlooking the ritzy neighborhood.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Whether you’re settled into an armchair or considering your own journey on Amtrak, Canada’s VIA Rail or the ritzy Rocky Mountaineer, here are some of our favorites.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

At the annual meeting of San Francisco’s ritzy Marina neighborhood last fall, residents buzzed about the hottest property in their nook of the city: a giant, aging Safeway grocery store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Usually, this is due to impulse buying and upgrades in your lifestyle — a bigger apartment in a nicer neighborhood, or an extra vacation in a ritzy hotel.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

Now it’s one of the ritzy neighborhoods of Miami, with huge Spanish colonial houses and avenues of shade trees.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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