diva
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The “grand dame diva of culture, divahood and porcine glamour” Miss Piggy, was honored at the show, where she showed up, naturally, in a pink dress and feather boa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Obviously having the great Jean Smart in the driver’s seat helped a lot — she revealed the woman beneath the diva even in Deborah’s most outrageous actions.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
He credits pop diva Erika Vikman with turning the tide, after appearing at UMK in 2020.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Or OpenAI’s mysterious device from Apple’s former design diva Jony Ive?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
I’m headed to trip-hop when I notice a couple making out in the pop diva section in the far back corner.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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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
At what point did you realize you had a knack for playing these unhinged divas?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
The biggest night in music is just around the corner — and this year, the competition is stiff after a summer dominated by pop divas and male country stars.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2024
"Let’s not become divas or untouchables. There is something special about the women’s game. We have always been real," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024
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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Rival traders said they paid attention to what Aschenbrenner owned, so when those stocks took a dive they surmised that he was in trouble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"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
So when Sunny Dancer, a film about a summer camp for young people affected by cancer, gave Ramsey seven weeks to experience teenage freedom, it was an opportunity to dive straight in.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Someone has me hold their phone while they dive through shorebreak.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
I wondered if they were afraid to dive so close to the spot where a great white had been towed into the harbor.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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