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ballerina

[bal-uh-ree-nuh] / ˌbæl əˈri nə /
NOUN
prima ballerina
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The ballerina collaboration, Reichert said, would be part of the company’s efforts to hold consumers’ attention with new shoes and sandals in the years ahead.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Morishita, who will turn 78 in December, is the prima ballerina in Japan’s storied Matsuyama Ballet Company.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

In a 2003 interview with Hello! magazine, Lord Snowdon named weekend guests such as the ballerina Margot Fonteyn, financier Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, comedian Peter Sellers, actor Sir John Mills, and author Edna O’Brien.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

She was a ballerina, and that was what mattered most.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Her deep auburn hair was pulled up in an elegant ballerina bun.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

“Many of them have been stretched into new silhouettes of the Samba, for example, into both ballerinas, into mules, into Mary Janes.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

In the piece, young ballerinas are captured during a studio class.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

That meant that his first prominent patients weren’t point guards or centers but New York’s premier ballerinas.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

Blessedly, these ballerinas didn’t learn their skills in prison or the foster system, and their tutus are not fodder for a satanic pyre.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2026

It's almost like he's enjoying the design of me, the same way he appreciates the interlaced ballerinas.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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