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Recent Examples of prima donna
But Kelce’s low-key, just-Donna strategy in a castle full of prima donnas worked against her.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Gothic gargoyles appeared, lights dimmed, and the crowd chanted the prima donna’s name at the desert operahouse.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
Gotta love it, in a league with its share of fair weather, prima donna stars.
—Eric Nehm, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
They will be joined on set by members of the Opéra Garnier ballet company including its principal dancer Dorothée Gilbert, who will play the prima donna dancer in the film, Victoire Bellanger.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Gothic gargoyles appeared, lights dimmed, and the crowd chanted the prima donna’s name at the desert operahouse.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
Gotta love it, in a league with its share of fair weather, prima donna stars.
—Eric Nehm, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
They will be joined on set by members of the Opéra Garnier ballet company including its principal dancer Dorothée Gilbert, who will play the prima donna dancer in the film, Victoire Bellanger.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prima donna
Noun
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The Trojans won the doubles point only to lose all five of their singles matches to finish 5-1.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Below, the lower deck is home to two doubles and two twins.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
11 May 2026
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Number one pick Azzi Fudd (the reigning people’s princess of women’s basketball) glided her way through the night in three different looks and officially joined the Dallas Wings, the team that her partner, Paige Bueckers, also happens to play for, in a delightful twist.—
Yohana Desta,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
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The princess first wore yesterday’s suit for a charity engagement in east London in 2023, and again for an audience with Jordan’s Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein in 2025.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
7 May 2026
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On the path of committing to the bit, Hathaway and her film diverge in terms of quality; the movie is awe-inspiringly ill-begotten, but its leading lady deserves a medal for finding something juicy amid the muck.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Their collaboration manifested quite quickly, as a few months later, Frankel asked his leading lady for a favor.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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The queens of the ballroom extravaganza have moved both costume designer Qween Jean’s fabulous couture and the cats’ quest for immortality up to the main stem with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s righteous blessing.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Katie is kind of the queen of late-breaking news to important men in her life, but unlike Archie’s debacle with Sunny, Greg can very easily take back his intent to leave.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Hollywood’s latest leading man Jonathan Bailey has booked a new film.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Max Clayton also makes a strong impression as Danny Bailey, a swaggering leading man modeled after Carousel’s Billy Bigelow and portrayed on the series by Aaron Tveit.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Heracles discovered the Hydra's den in the Lernaean Swamps with the aid of the goddess Athena and was able to break or sever its many necks — while using fire to prevent them from growing back — until only a single immortal head remained.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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People have been carving pregnant-goddess figurines since the Stone Age, and depictions of pregnancy are a recurrent theme across art history.—
Elizabeth Kiefer,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2026
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“Prima donna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prima%20donna. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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