stiletto
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In a bejeweled white pantsuit and towering stiletto pumps, Megyn Kelly tried to work the crowd like a rock star.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
They later stop by the local church and the disco with Joseph Cerda Bañales, a bearded makeup artist who brandishes long stiletto nails to the rodeos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
One studio manager recalled that her habit of striding across the studio in stiletto heels damaged the floor but no-one had the courage to tell her.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
But in the docuseries, the dancers wear narrow-pointed, thin stiletto heels that aren’t necessarily the safest to dance with and increase the risk of injury.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024
Later, he would describe it as a one-legged fat man wearing a stiletto heel standing on the middle of his chest.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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Instead of the stilettoes of the 1990s, most looks were paired with platform loafers.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
And, in this summer’s blockbuster movie, “Barbie,” Birkenstocks are the down-to-earth alternative that Barbie is forced to accept over her jeweled stilettoes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
Its strappy stilettoes are worn by celebrity fans including Beyoncé and the Duchess of Cambridge, and were made famous by the fictional Carrie Bradshaw character in the television series Sex and the City.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2017
Some of it smudges unlucky stilettoes, but most is dutifully tossed into rubbish bins and hauled to landfills, at a cost of over $100 per ton.
From Economist ● Aug. 20, 2015
A deadly girdle was the tunal, of cactus and other thorny things, thick, wide, dark, and impenetrable, a forest of stilettoes, and for its kings the rattlesnake and viper.
From Sir Mortimer by Mary Johnston
Hathaway paired the top with low-rise La Ligne jeans and red Aquazzura stilettos.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Andy’s transition from sensible boots to stilettos served as a metaphor for the effort — even discomfort — it takes to chase your dreams, however they might evolve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Waves crash along the Palm Beach shoreline and a drone shot swoops over the grounds of Mar-a-Lago before landing at a pair of stilettos donned by Melania Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
"Watch out for the holes!" one guest warned another about the hazard for stilettos.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Her shoes were on the floor—pale pink vinyl stilettos.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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It turns out Minty is interested in following in Mellon’s stilettoed footsteps — although she has slightly different aspirations from her mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2019
Slim, stilettoed fashionistas and comfort-clad suburbanites gathered around the lounge’s enclosed firepits.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2018
Instead of earnest eulogies or prayers for consolation, her drag sisters honored Sahara’s memory by striving to match her classically trained dance skills, cartwheel for cartwheel and kick for stilettoed high kick.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2016
Having been stilettoed by a fellow poet, Le Tissier could be forgiven for wanting Hoddle to come back as in his next life.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2014
To properly scale Machu Picchu, Simmons, who is known to always be properly stilettoed, “left fashion behind,” opting for her Adidas Stan Smith sneakers.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2013
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