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Recent Examples of prima donna
His character, Min-ho, initially comes off as a bit of a prima donna.
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Siri would get lost trying to find prima donnas and troublemakers in the Broncos locker room.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
Just past the gurgle of the lobby fountain was Barbie Q. Chicken, a 4-year-old bird who was both Broadway prima donna and antibullying activist.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 26 Dec. 2024
Maria Callas is often called the quintessential prima donna.
—Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Siri would get lost trying to find prima donnas and troublemakers in the Broncos locker room.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
Just past the gurgle of the lobby fountain was Barbie Q. Chicken, a 4-year-old bird who was both Broadway prima donna and antibullying activist.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 26 Dec. 2024
Maria Callas is often called the quintessential prima donna.
—Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prima donna
Noun
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Yoshida’s leadoff single and Rafaela’s 33rd double finally knocked Mize out of the game in the seventh.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Francisco Lindor clubbed Alcantara’s second pitch 392 feet to right center for his 31st homer of the season and Pete Alonso added an RBI double.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere in the interview, the princess reflected on her parenting, but refused to delve into her children’s personal lives, particularly her daughter Caroline’s 1980 divorce from Philippe Junot.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Johnson was honored at the Zurich Film Festival last night wearing a cobalt Gucci princess gown, her latest lesson in sheer dressing.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
26 Sep. 2025
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In 2005, the queen appointed Major a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Cleopatra was imprisoned in her palace, and legend has it that an ally brought her a basket of figs, and hidden within was the cobra that gave the Egyptian queen that fatal bite.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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So two decades of my leading lady years were taken away from me by that horrible person — who did so much worse to other people.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Here, as in a lot of Redford’s love stories, the film belongs mostly to the leading lady.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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Then there is Savy Jackson as Aphrodite, the goddess of love.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
27 Sep. 2025
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In life, Cleopatra was closely associated with the goddess Isis, given that ancient Egyptians considered royal figures to be extensions of deities.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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To one generation, Ben Stiller is the leading man in all those Meet the Parents movies and the director and executive producer of Severance.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Who's the leading man of The Golden Bachelor season 2?—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Sep. 2025
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The docuseries explores the rise and fall of Redondo Beach native Owen Hanson, from walk-on to the National Championship-winning USC football team to cocaine kingpin for one of the world’s most dangerous cartels.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
20 Sep. 2025
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Koerner was a second-year walk-on safety when Moss came to Iowa in 2018.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Prima donna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prima%20donna. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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