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Recent Examples of chanteuse
Claudine Longet, the French-American chanteuse whose first fame in music, on TV and as the wife of singing star Andy Williams was dwarfed by infamy after her fatal shooting of the Olympic skier Spider Sabich in 1976, has died.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
Attendees of last year’s competition claimed that boos directed toward Israel’s chanteuse were drowned out by sound technicians.
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Steven Blum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
At the same time, there’s a harplike, Vangelis-adjacent melody and some cybernetic singing from arty chanteuse Zola Jesus.
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Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
8 May 2026
That first night, Andrej’s roommates were a man in a coma and an elderly French woman in a diaper and boots (no pants), who marched around her bed singing like a chanteuse.
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Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
Attendees of last year’s competition claimed that boos directed toward Israel’s chanteuse were drowned out by sound technicians.
—
Steven Blum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
At the same time, there’s a harplike, Vangelis-adjacent melody and some cybernetic singing from arty chanteuse Zola Jesus.
—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
8 May 2026
That first night, Andrej’s roommates were a man in a coma and an elderly French woman in a diaper and boots (no pants), who marched around her bed singing like a chanteuse.
—
Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanteuse
Noun
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Besides, two teams seeking their first-ever wins earning their second straight draw would be rather ironic … at least more so than some of the examples Canadian songstress Alanis Morissette once invoked.
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Entertainment Weekly has reached out to Kidman for further comment, as well as reps for Fleetwood Mac songstress Nicks and the band Nickelback.
Noun
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The two vivid soloists were tenor Anthony León as the cocky troubadour and baritone Eleomar Cuello as the cocky devil.
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The 78-year-old troubadour bravely refused to engage in the kind of safe, predictable, by-the-numbers show that — apart from Bob Dylan and Paul Simon — too many of his baby-boomer peers are content to dole out night after night to nostalgia-craving audiences.
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“Chanteuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanteuse. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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