How to Use rub elbows with in a Sentence
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Silk velvet and wool tapestry rub elbows with chrome, leather, and resin.
—Anita Sarsidi, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2023
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Karen cannot wait to rub elbows with goddesses Peaches and Azealia!
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 17 Jan. 2023
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Don’t expect to rub elbows with Hollywood celebrities, though.
—Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 28 July 2023
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East End to rub elbows with Hamptonites for Fourth of July weekend.
—Fox News, 5 July 2022
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Also among the Icons listings are a slew of experiences to literally rub elbows with the stars.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2024
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Historic sites from the late 1880s rub elbows with restaurants, art galleries, nightclubs and other hotspots.
—Lauren Beale, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
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Attendees rub elbows with everyone from local restauranteurs and rum distillers to celebrity chefs, all while sampling tasty food and drink.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
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Unlike some nonprofits, class divides often come into sharp relief at museums, where wealthy donors rub elbows with low-wage workers.
—Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2021
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Attendees rub elbows with everyone from local restaurateurs and rum distillers to celebrity chefs, all while sampling tasty food and drink.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
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Networking is your golden ticket—rub elbows with industry pros, hit up events and join online communities.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Don’t be surprised to rub elbows with Greek families and friend groups, couples on honeymoons, and athletes in lycra who cycled through town.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 July 2024
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The big banjo-style steering wheel, flat dash, and beautiful Jaeger gauges welcome the driver and passenger, who rub elbows with every gear shift.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025
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Of course, players might also decide to come in on the outlaw side to better rub elbows with historical figures like Al Capone.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Costumed participants can dress up and rub elbows with characters from their favorite novels or enjoy the fantasy setting as observers.
—Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
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Alluring remixes of recent tunes rub elbows with sought-after B-sides and song fragments that are trickier to place chronologically.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
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That particular talent led him to rub elbows with the academics, programmers, and politicians who would become enmeshed with Simulmatics.
—J.c. Pan, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2020
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To be sure, refusing to rub elbows with tyrants and assorted swells from the International Olympic Committee is the right thing to do.
—oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2021
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At that point, the CDC would suggest that people who rub elbows with folks at high risk for severe disease might want to consider self-testing or masking indoors.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
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On competition day, under the big oak tree outside the Augusta clubhouse, the kids will rub elbows with past Masters winners donning their green jackets.
—Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
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Therefore, their creation and the securing of grants offer members the easiest way to rub elbows with voters and generate the favorable headlines that will assure their reelection.
—James L. Buckley, National Review, 17 Oct. 2020
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Previous Dichter events enabled his millionaire next-door private jet clients to rub elbows with top entertainers, athletes, coaches and executives from the worlds of music and sports.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Each year, this event becomes one of the crown jewels of the LLWS, where kids from around the world gather to compete, learn, and—perhaps most memorably—rub elbows with their heroes.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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And to rub elbows with locals, pop into places like Elixir Superfood & Juice and Stellar Brew; grab-and-go burritos at the latter are great to pack along for a hike.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
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What thrilled him most was getting to rub elbows with other Hall of Famers such as Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill and Scott Hamilton.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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Household names like Chrissy Teigen and Andrew Zimmern rub elbows with restaurateurs and home chefs who can shell out the $1,800 for admission.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2022
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Cybersecurity vendors from around the world converged at the Mandalay Bay casino and resort to show off their latest developments and rub elbows with customers and competitors alike.
—PCMAG, 9 Aug. 2024
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Design environments where leaders are present and accessible, and where people can rub elbows with talented colleagues, feel connected with the goals of the organization and come together for a shared purpose.
—Tracy Brower, Forbes, 6 June 2021
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For decades, Orlando’s private University Club was well known as the place to be to toast drinks with local politicians, dine with influential business leaders and rub elbows with other members of the city’s elite.
—Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Apr. 2021
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Not many people got to rub elbows with colleagues from the enemy nation during the Cold War, let alone surreptitiously share data with the enemy for the benefit of all mankind, but Graveline did.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2017
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An appearance Tuesday from former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was another chance for Sumrall to rub elbows with a former coach accustomed to winning titles.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
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