rub shoulders
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Traders are also keeping an eye on artificial intelligence this week, as tech CEOs and global leaders rub shoulders at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Traders will also be keeping an eye on artificial intelligence this week, as tech CEOs and global leaders rub shoulders at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
"And for them to rub shoulders with people in the music industry, and hopefully next year we can create a movement with some workshops," Dukagjin says.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024
One fictional world blends into the next, allowing characters to rub shoulders in real life just as they do on a shelf.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
The whites I’d known loved to rub shoulders publicly with black folks in the after-hours clubs and speakeasies.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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