diva
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You haven't seen such swooning since the golden age of the Hollywood diva.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Acting in a film within a film, Fix’s version of teenage Billy is so nervous it seems impossible she’ll become Anderson’s diva.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
After the sun sets on Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine tour, the pop diva plans to to take a step back from the public eye, her representative announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
She’s not a diva belting out choruses and taking up space—instead, she sometimes seems like a master of ceremonies, someone hosting the party rather than hogging the spotlight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Most performers did pay, even the most famous diva of the time, Adelina Patti.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Kemp said that, alongside Saturday's headliner Raye, the weekend's line-up had "spanned a generation of divas".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
At what point did you realize you had a knack for playing these unhinged divas?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Selena was a predominantly Spanish-language artist who modeled herself after divas like Donna Summer, Jody Watley and Paula Abdul, within a primarily Mexican genre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
Pop divas like Charli XCX and Chappell Roan have dominated the airwaves, and even alternative R&B has broken through to the public because of silly TikTok memes and dances.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
She stood before the screen, certain she could practically smell the restaurant, the heavy perfumes of a room full of divas and ingénues.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
So once more into the rumors we dive.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Rival traders said they paid attention to what Aschenbrenner owned, so when those stocks took a dive they surmised that he was in trouble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
So when Sunny Dancer, a film about a summer camp for young people affected by cancer, gave Ramsey seven weeks to experience teenage freedom, it was an opportunity to dive straight in.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
On July 12, dive team members with California State Parks searched Doane Pond but did not find her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Grandma fills my plate up with all my favorite foods and a big dollop of white rice, and I dive right in.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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