echelon
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They improved to 5-12 against such teams after losing 12 of their last 13 games against the league’s upper echelon.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
Newsom is eventually taken under Getty’s wing, where he’s introduced into a new echelon of society and politics.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
“Brat” catapulted Charli to a new echelon, dominating every sector of culture from music to memes to politics.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
"The Bears' slow starts are going to come back to bite them, especially against the upper echelon teams - and the Rams are certainly one of those, " said Dragon.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Even now, if Lee attacked en echelon, some of the brigades could not attack before dark, unless everything went very smoothly, and it would not go smoothly, not today.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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