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grisette

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as in prostitute

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Recent Examples of grisette Husk, a French grisette aged in oak barrels, was tart and refreshingly dry; Dolore, a wild ale fermented on dark cherries and black raspberries, was equally tart yet soft and jammy. — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 Anne Hathaway—who has played the doomed grisette and has the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to prove it—does not seem to care about any of this. — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024 Burnt City used the yeast in a grisette, a farmhouse ale, an imperial stout, a hazy IPA and a pale ale made with Brettanomyces yeast, coconut and key lime. — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2019 The brewers chose grisette, an old-timey French wheat-beer style. — William Bostwick, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2018

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In 2009, Epstein had been released from the Palm Beach County Stockade after serving less than 13 months of his 18-month sentence on the prostitute solicitation charges.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
Instead of collectivity, there is a certain kind of animal community, or one that the poems’ speakers—children, old men, drunks, prostitutes—often stand apart from.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

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Harris, 53, will play the devilish Applegate, while Hough, 38, will take on the role of his temptress Lola.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
Charlize Theron, who takes on the role of the temptress nymph Calypso, has leaned toward the seductive, wearing Tom Ford short-shorts on one carpet and a black Givenchy dress with a thigh-high slit on another.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

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