diva

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The pop diva attracted more than 144,000 visitors, almost half of them foreigners.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

The stress of the holidays can turn any one of us into a bit of a diva.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

She reportedly dresses in expensive outfits, and arrives at restaurants with a high-resolution camera and lighting equipment, earning her the nickname, the "dine-and-dash diva".

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

That’s as fantastical of a demand as Sidney Lumet’s 1978 “The Wiz” insisting that the great diva Diana Ross’s Dorothy was a nervous nelly who’d never been south of Harlem’s 125th Street.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Like, if Taylor’s being a diva at a rehearsal, we don’t even have to look at each other.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli