belle
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The recollections are told, often, as if the person interviewed is back at a time when Parker seemed like a simple, bubbly, unaffected Texas belle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
After viewers got a taste of Clarkson's scene-stealingly brittle Southern belle, "People would cross the street not to get near me," Clarkson recalled with obvious relish during a recent "Salon Talks" conversation.
From Salon ● May 9, 2025
Many of them were built in the early 20th century - grand belle epoque palaces serving a then emerging class of privileged, primarily English tourists.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
An hour later in a slightly sweaty hotel ballroom bedecked with “Unionize California” signs, Friedman was being treated like the belle of the ball at the California Labor Federation’s annual awards dinner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
Here’s this gazillionaire treating me as if I’m belle of the ball, when my own dad is treating me like I don’t exist.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Now, thanks to how fast AI is changing, they are the belles of the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
If the pure plays are the current belles of the ball, IBM could be the long-term keeper for investors.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
“The whole thing was presented as just gushing about the antebellum era, the southern belles, and how it was such a great time to be alive,” Wolfisberg said of Boone Hall.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
They don't get to be the belles of the ball anymore, but the choice of whether to be hated villains of history is up to them.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2021
The other society belles were already there, and they made quite a fuss over us again as we entered the grand foyer.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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