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Recent Examples of prima donna
In this life-force of a musical, even the help gets to shine like so many sequins on a prima donna’s finery.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
Fitzgerald wondered if teammates looked at him as a prima donna.
—Doug Haller, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
As a portrait of an artist as a prima donna, a pioneer and, yes, a bona fide genius, the movie is still worth its weight in wire hangers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024
Knicks, please don’t trade away scrappy players for prima donnas like Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, etc.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
Fitzgerald wondered if teammates looked at him as a prima donna.
—Doug Haller, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
As a portrait of an artist as a prima donna, a pioneer and, yes, a bona fide genius, the movie is still worth its weight in wire hangers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024
Knicks, please don’t trade away scrappy players for prima donnas like Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, etc.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prima donna
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Shriver won seven Australian Open titles, five Wimbledon titles, five US Open titles and four French Open titles in women’s doubles.—
Jill Martin,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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Shriver won 22 Grand Slam doubles titles in total, 21 in women’s doubles and one in mixed doubles.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The debut feature from Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese follows a sheltered space princess who embarks on a galactic mission to rescue her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Jan. 2025
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Robert Hardman, author of The Making of a King: Charles III and the Modern Monarchy, tells PEOPLE that the princess may still be healing.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
9 Jan. 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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At one point, the project’s two leading ladies gave a speech of their own defining the power of friendship-first collaboration between costars.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
8 Jan. 2025
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The two leading ladies — Keerthy Suresh, who makes her Hindi debut, and Wamiqa Gabbi, who makes her mass film debut — don’t get enough to do.—
Anupama Chopra,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Jan. 2025
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In Greek and Roman mythology, Maia was the eldest of the Pleiades and was a fertility goddess.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2025
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Walsh, Hathaway’s stylist, made Mindy Kahling into a golden goddess for the Globes, styling her in a sparkling Ashi Studio gown.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2025
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Watch on Deadline In addition to his roles in Blade Runner and Star Wars, Ford’s leading man status has long been cemented by his performances in the Indiana Jones films, The Fugitive (1993) and his upcoming MCU debut as Red Hulk in Captain America: Brave New World, premiering Feb. 14 in theaters.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2025
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Powell accessorized his monochromatic Armani look – sans tie, of course – with smoky, opaque shades that maintain his leading man mystery.—
Erin Jensen,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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After injuries to McNamara, Brendan Sullivan and Marco Lainez III, the Hawkeyes started walk-on Jackson Stratton and threw the ball a total of 29 times in their final two regular-season games, winning them both.—
Scott Dochterman,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Horned Frogs held open tryouts and added the four walk-ons to a roster that was missing its three best players Sedona Prince, Madison Conner and Jaden Owens.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Prima donna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prima%20donna. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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