diva
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Acting in a film within a film, Fix’s version of teenage Billy is so nervous it seems impossible she’ll become Anderson’s diva.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He credits pop diva Erika Vikman with turning the tide, after appearing at UMK in 2020.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
"I discovered that the vintage pieces that I wore went missing -- my costume that was pulled from my personal archives -- jacket, corset, dress and other garments," the diva wrote.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
She gave thanks and recognition to the Mexican community and followed with her second duet of the night: the mariachi-assisted reggaeton kiss-off track, “Mamiii,” with L.A.’s homegrown diva Becky G.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Earlier that morning, Maya-Jade had been complaining about the boy to Vivian, rather theatrically, dramatic flair being something she’d inherited from her diva grandmother.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Kemp said that, alongside Saturday's headliner Raye, the weekend's line-up had "spanned a generation of divas".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
There’s something delightful about plays about grand divas in crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
I think the demonstration that you can actually bring 21 divas together to play a harmonious monetary policy for the benefit of Europe is also something that I would probably claim the benefit of.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
By then, she’d put her knack for winking impressions of high society divas to stunning use in “Beetlejuice” as Delia Deetz, a haughty stepmother and artist whose gargantuan ego dwarfs her talent.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
For me, performing-arts camp was six weeks stuck in a cabin with a bunch of eleven-year-old divas.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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"When you dive into the Iliad, you really understand that Homer was an Anatolian. You find anecdotes and cultural references that are completely unknown elsewhere," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
In London, the 17-year-old Eric wrote in his diary that he wanted to dive into Marxism “like into the sea, and sink into it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He says his partner has been "good as gold", helping him collect items, while his own children have grown up, allowing him to dive into his hobby.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Someone has me hold their phone while they dive through shorebreak.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
At the first dive, each cosmonaut had to write her full name and date on a piece of paper.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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