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Recent Examples on the Web But for another subset of the Russian upper crust, around a dozen bank owners living abroad, sanctions could end up freeing their homes and cars, and repairing their reputations. — Patricia Kowsmann And Margot Patrick, WSJ, 12 June 2022 Chris Evans is as good as he's ever been as rebel leader Curtis, but Tilda Swinton steals the show as a toothy, grotesque spokesman for the upper crust. — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2022 There are damning revelations about the ways in which that upper crust reacted to his relentless campaign for Johannessen. — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2022 Early attempts at integration met with stiff resistance from Harvard leaders, who prized being a school for the white upper crust, including wealthy white sons of the South, the report recounted. — New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022 The Chartists, a radical movement uniting middle-class reformers with the artisanal upper crust of the workers, threatened French-style revolution. — Dominic Green, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022 Probably the upper crust of England will appreciate them as patriotic ball gear. — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Mar. 2022 The evening's dress code was inspired by the Gilded Age, the 30-year period at the end of the 19th-century that saw skyrocketing wealth for industrialist families in the US and over-the-top fashion for New York City's upper crust. — CNN, 2 May 2022 But luckily 2022 is packed with juicy subplots beyond the sport’s stale upper crust that should produce intrigue every week of the season. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022 See More

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