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ballerina

[bal-uh-ree-nuh] / ˌbæl əˈri nə /
NOUN
prima ballerina
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The ballerina collaboration, Reichert said, would be part of the company’s efforts to hold consumers’ attention with new shoes and sandals in the years ahead.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Today, she is the world’s oldest ballerina still taking on demanding lead roles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Morishita, who will turn 78 in December, is the prima ballerina in Japan’s storied Matsuyama Ballet Company.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

After more than a decade abroad, it was time for the ballerina to return to America.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

She does a goofy, fake ballerina leap across the room, lands on the bed, and shoulders up to me.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

“Many of them have been stretched into new silhouettes of the Samba, for example, into both ballerinas, into mules, into Mary Janes.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Arguably most prominent was her role as the central of five ballerinas in “Divertimento No. 15,” Balanchine’s Mozart-inspired confection from 1956, where she displayed gyroscopic turns and air-filled, feathery footwork.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

When their bus breaks down on the way to a showcase, a troupe of ballerinas led by “Dance Moms” alum and one-time Sia protégée Maddie Ziegler becomes stranded in a remote hotel-bar-dungeon-arms factory outside Budapest.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2026

But Giorgos Mavrogordatos, emeritus professor at the University of Athens criticised the evzone display as "extravagant figures resembling ballerinas for the pleasure of tourists".

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

“The man-eating tigers, the spinning blades...But I still think a few ballerinas would be nice.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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