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The graft spawned a leftist bourgeoisie in Venezuela that splurged on luxuries from opulent Miami lofts to castles in Spain. Kejal Vyas, WSJ, "Oil Industry Is Fading Away in Land of the World’s Richest Reserves," 4 Sep. 2020

Anticlericalism flourished in this atmosphere, first with the philosophes, then among the bourgeoisie, and finally with the Paris mob. John D. Hagen, National Review, "The Gospel of Jean-Jacques," 20 Aug. 2020

This is hardly the picture of haute bourgeoisie nightmares. Noemie Emery, National Review, "When School Busing Worked," 18 Aug. 2020

The latter-day bourgeoisie all travel to Portugal at the same time, all visit the same Marina Abramovic exhibit, all watch the same Agnes Varda films, attend the same Phoenix tour. Soraya Roberts, Longreads, "Performance Art: On Sharing Culture," 30 Mar. 2020

The 19th-century bourgeoisie kept country homes as a place of refuge from urban pollution or heat. The Economist, "Correspondent’s diary Coronavirus and the new exodus from Paris," 9 Apr. 2020

Property speculators and the bourgeoisie grabbed at old-sounding British words and bodged them together in novel hybrids, like Thorne Blae—Blue Thorn, but with artisanal grammar. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, "What Do the Names of British Houses Mean?," 28 Mar. 2020

The Tories and Labour almost appear to have switched places: The latter represents the bourgeoisie while the former is the party of the working man. Madeleine Kearns, National Review, "An Identity Crisis Hits British Politics," 26 Feb. 2020

The absurdity arises from the fact that part of Jarry’s purpose in making art was to skewer the impenetrably smug self-satisfaction of the French bourgeoisie and monied classes. Terry Teachout, WSJ, "Papa Dada," 5 Feb. 2020

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