madam
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Martha Plimpton, never not great, plays Faye, a madam for whom Cathy works; and Zoe Phillips makes an impression in her scattered scenes as Abra Bacon, who’ll date Aron but feels connected to Cal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"How would madam like her hair today?" teased Mrs Bennett, combing the hair of one of her four-year-old charges.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
Speaker Frank: A simple matter of coordination, madam.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023
“Tickets, madam? I have a tour starting soon,” came one pitch.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
“In no way, madam, unless you be a priest, a magician, or a man of medicine. My wife is being devoured by a stomach worm.”
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
He played queens, courtesans, goddesses and brothel madams with a studied grace.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Black History Tours from Off the Mall Tours: Off the Mall Tours offers a collection of walking tours covering subjects as esoteric as Civil War madams and the birth of D.C. punk.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
Tell us about some of the characters, particularly the madams Cora and Pearl, and vice boss Bartolo Ballerino, who I understand were real people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2015
The end notes in “The Days Trilogy” build on references to everything from a family doctor to the madams of Baltimore to stories from his world travels.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2014
"You should be grateful to them, and to us for raising them, and to the other teahouse madams for caring for them," Du Barry says.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Ladies and gentlemen, messieurs et mesdames, le cheeseburger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
But from a Scottish perspective this now has the appearance of a bizarre game of high stakes poker between mesdames May and Sturgeon.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2017
And Paul H. Canada, the costume designer, wickedly dresses Molière’s mesdames in cartoon couture.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2014
Je vous prie d'agréer, mesdames, messieurs, l'expression de mes sentiments distingués", while across the Channel we'll be concluding our correspondence with "Laters, yeah?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2013
Even so, the social columnists still did not write about his wife’s dresses when he and she attended the opera, the way they described the nightly couture of mesdames Palmer, Pullman, and Armour.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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