grande dame
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Today’s glass and steel tower over the bones of what was once the grande dame of colonial luxury, the Hong Kong Hotel.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
Starring Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Laura Dern and Carol Burnett as grande dame Norma Dellacorte, the series plunges into a world of vast wealth and intrigue.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024
In the summer of 1974, I was working as a waiter at the White Elephant, the grande dame of Nantucket hotels, a rambling gray-shingled pile that sits right on the island’s harbor.
From New York Times • May 26, 2024
And what kind of relationship will he have with Megawati Sukarnoputri, the grande dame of Indonesian politics and leader of the largest party, the PDIP?
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024
A four-story eccentric grande dame beside two plain Janes.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
