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In his quest to transform Kimberly-Clark to an engine of growth and a true challenger in the beauty and wellness space, he said he always considered Kenvue to be “the belle of the ball.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 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

Frannie, my maternal-grandmother and true Southern belle that she was, made rhubarb famous in my family, not only because of how much she loved Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie but because of the way she said it.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2024

Later, he asked his belle of the stairwell how she might have reacted if he had asked her to marry him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

A hundred times before, Johnny had stopped on the streets of Boston, or before her house, to watch her: he but one more gaping face in a crowd, she the accepted reigning belle.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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

I just kept walking across the huge room until below me was a pile of hay belles.

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos