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femme

[fem] / fɛm /


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Ploughing a similar furrow is Israel's Noam Bettan, whose heart has been shredded by a femme fatale called Michelle.

From BBC May 8, 2026

In her 2024 Tiny Desk Concert for NPR, Roan is surrounded by seven femme musicians, each wearing red lipstick, blue eyeshadow, a pink button-down or a red party dress.

From Salon Feb. 19, 2026

But facts were easily eclipsed by lurid speculation, particularly when Short’s nickname was made public: The Black Dahlia was, after all, the perfect moniker for a femme fatale.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

So yeah, that femme performance is so defining of how to hold yourself, to be erect because matriarchs are the oaks of families.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2024

"The femme de chamber," an attendant calls out.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Inside, she found people, primarily femmes, dancing shoulder to shoulder in the humid room to artists like Rosalía and El Alfa.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2024

Black trans femmes have been and currently are at the forefront of social liberation movements, while experiencing unique forms of targeted discrimination, oppression, and violence.

From Science Magazine Mar. 14, 2024

"When I look out to the audience and I see women or femmes connecting to it, I think maybe you know," Sawayama says.

From BBC Sep. 27, 2023

“Black trans women and femmes specifically are the most marginalized in our communities,” Patterson said.

From Seattle Times Jun. 21, 2023

But les femmes du peuple, the fishwives, the labourers' daughters, the bouncing young fruit-sellers, and the like, are not religious in Cadiz.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus




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