mistress
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In 1903, she and her friend Dorelia McNeill, who was also Augustus's mistress, returned to France via Bordeaux with the intention of walking all the way to Rome.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
Keaton plays that mistress, Mary Wilkie, and her depiction of the witty, wry, journalist with a robust social calendar and strong opinions that she never hesitates to express, is among her most seminal performances.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025
The ballet mistress Madame Giry, and others, usher the audience groups from room to room, as the narrative follows the spine of the original, although there is considerably less dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
At least Harold Macmillan understood, to use the parlance of his time, that history was a cruel mistress and was sure to leave him behind.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025
“No, I don’t,” was Jo’s decided answer, as she petted the fat poodle, whom she had adopted, out of respect to his former mistress.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing mistress
"The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (Excerpt 3)
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 2
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