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diva

[dee-vuh, -vah] / ˈdi və, -vɑ /
NOUN
prima donna
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Acting in a film within a film, Fix’s version of teenage Billy is so nervous it seems impossible she’ll become Anderson’s diva.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

After the sun sets on Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine tour, the pop diva plans to to take a step back from the public eye, her representative announced.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The singer herself says that she is "immensely honoured" to be part of the Cesaria Evora Orchestra, which performs around the world to keep alive the music of the "barefoot diva" who died in 2011.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

He credits pop diva Erika Vikman with turning the tide, after appearing at UMK in 2020.

From BBC May 17, 2026

After settling the issue of the pear with Zach, he turns to Britney Harron, who fully inhabits her role as Truman Drama’s designated diva.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Kemp said that, alongside Saturday's headliner Raye, the weekend's line-up had "spanned a generation of divas".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Os had plenty of examples of powerful pop divas to draw inspiration from.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2026

By then, she’d put her knack for winking impressions of high society divas to stunning use in “Beetlejuice” as Delia Deetz, a haughty stepmother and artist whose gargantuan ego dwarfs her talent.

From Salon Feb. 4, 2026

Here, she discusses the jazz warm-up she’s used for decades, dealing with stage fright and loving the divas she plays.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

She stood before the screen, certain she could practically smell the restaurant, the heavy perfumes of a room full of divas and ingénues.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

"When you dive into the Iliad, you really understand that Homer was an Anatolian. You find anecdotes and cultural references that are completely unknown elsewhere," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Ramsay-Peaty has been working on his dive with coach Lisa Bates since June and said the past few weeks have been "one of those lessons".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

In London, the 17-year-old Eric wrote in his diary that he wanted to dive into Marxism “like into the sea, and sink into it.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Someone has me hold their phone while they dive through shorebreak.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

While the bees chased the monkeys into nearby treetops, I was forced to jump down, run, and dive into the lake.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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