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ballerina

[bal-uh-ree-nuh] / ˌbæl əˈri nə /
NOUN
prima ballerina
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Arriving at Eger’s home in La Jolla, she found ballerina paintings on the walls.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

She appeared as the Mona Lisa and an Edwards Degas ballerina.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The story is completely absurd, filled with plot holes and characters as thin as a prima ballerina.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

A native of Brazil, she was a professional ballerina in Austria for nine months before moving to America to attend MIT, where she met her co-founder, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

If I had the book here, she thought, I could read the story and find out, or I could try to bring the ballerina out of it for him.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke




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