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
A native of Brazil, she was a professional ballerina in Austria for nine months before moving to America to attend MIT, where she met her co-founder, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Trailblazing ballerina Misty Copeland says Timothée Chalamet ‘wouldn’t be an actor and have the opportunities he has as a movie star if it weren’t for opera and ballet and their relevance.’
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
On a Christmas tree greeting card, for example, a miniature ballerina ornament had three separate colors, including red lips.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
I tell her: we were dead, and then Ben managed to spin the car in just the right way, like some kind of brilliant vehicular ballerina.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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