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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
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The players, individually ranked no. 14 and No. 16 in the Men’s Doubles standings, have found success hard to come by in gender doubles this year.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Caminero also became the first Ray to post 20 doubles, 30 homers and 75 RBIs through his first 110 games of a season.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2025
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Alongside Gadot, the film starred Rachel Zegler as the titular Disney princess, Andrew Burnap as the Prince Charming stand-in Jonathan, Patrick Page as the Magic Mirror and Ansu Kabia as the Huntsman.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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The princess will officially open the festival, joined by a delegation of 500 Belgian media, entertainment, sports and gaming industry leaders.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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In a featurette posted Wednesday (Aug. 6), director Jon M. Chu and leading ladies Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande gave fans a narrated sneak peek at what takes place in Wicked: For Good, which will hit theaters in November.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
6 Aug. 2025
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Neeson himself raved about his leading lady in an Entertainment Weekly cover story published last month.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The sport has roots in Ancient Greece with the legend of Leander swimming across the Hellespont to his lover the goddess Hero.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
30 July 2025
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Take cue from Bella Hadid, whose Western goddess style shines here.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
29 July 2025
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In most other companies, he would have never been cast as a leading man.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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An American Pickle, his last vehicle as a leading man, wound up on HBO Max, though that was one of many films pushed to streaming during early Covid.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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In that matchup, backup KU QB Cole Ballard (then a third-string walk-on) led Kansas back from a 13-0 deficit ... but Texas Tech kicked a game-winning field goal.—
Kellis Robinett,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
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The 4-star prospect from Jacksonville Mandarin even recently worked with the first-team offense, along with Louisville transfer Harrison Bailey and redshirt sophomore Aidan Warner, a former walk-on who starred at Winter Park High.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Prima donna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prima%20donna. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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