ballerina
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The story is completely absurd, filled with plot holes and characters as thin as a prima ballerina.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Thousands of people waiting in a rainy Piazza del Duomo cheered as torchbearer Nicoletta Manni, an Italian ballerina, carried it into the square, over an hour behind schedule.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Born in Paris in 1934, Bardot trained as a ballerina before her striking beauty caught the eye of filmmakers.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
The writer Jia Tolentino characterized it as “what a ballerina might do if you concussed her and then made her snort caffeine pills.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025
I realized then that I just had to become a professional ballerina.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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