belle
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Doctors talk about la belle indifférence, a state of reality-denying serenity that some patients enter while experiencing serious medical symptoms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
After viewers got a taste of Clarkson's scene-stealingly brittle Southern belle, "People would cross the street not to get near me," Clarkson recalled with obvious relish during a recent "Salon Talks" conversation.
From Salon ● May 9, 2025
Many of them were built in the early 20th century - grand belle epoque palaces serving a then emerging class of privileged, primarily English tourists.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
Later, he asked his belle of the stairwell how she might have reacted if he had asked her to marry him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
A few feet away, decked out like the belle of the ball, is Katherine, surrounded by a few of the drovers.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
Now, thanks to how fast AI is changing, they are the belles of the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
If the pure plays are the current belles of the ball, IBM could be the long-term keeper for investors.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
Tabitha Pritts, described by the local newspaper as “one of the most popular belles of the Nooksack Valley,” caught his eye, and he hers.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
"Our friends had been contacted by a movie company that wanted to film a fictional scene of Southern belles making their debut," he wrote.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2020
She took off cantering back toward the center of town, where the society belles were gathering for an afternoon outing.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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