diva
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While it would be terrific to liken her fate to that of Deborah Vance on “Hacks,” at least Jean Smart’s diva got a Vegas rebirth.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
You haven't seen such swooning since the golden age of the Hollywood diva.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
Or is he a diva so toxic that his own fans at Real Madrid booed him off the pitch and branded him “a dictator”?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
“So not only is Sherie a boyfriend-stealing diva, but she also stole Taylor Packett’s bracelet. Yeah.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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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
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
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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The former Sale winger weaved inside, having collected fly-half Brett Connon's excellent cut-out pass, to dive over for the opener.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The 39-degree peak dive compares with a 3-degree angle in a standard descent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Most of Workman’s tales are fact-based and reenacted with puppets, although she also stumbles off-site to her local dive bar or her apartment for occasional “Interview with a Demon” segments.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
A centerpiece of the evening will be a deep dive into Integratron, the ever-confounding dome out in the Mojave Desert, from “Otherworld” podcast host Jack Wagner and architectural historian Daniel Paul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He takes a second dive for the doorknob; this time he connects, and pushes past Byrd into the house.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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