mistress

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However, in 2014 he abdicated, two years after it had emerged he had been elephant hunting in Botswana with Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, who had been his mistress, during an economic crisis in Spain.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Keaton plays that mistress, Mary Wilkie, and her depiction of the witty, wry, journalist with a robust social calendar and strong opinions that she never hesitates to express, is among her most seminal performances.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025

The ballet mistress Madame Giry, and others, usher the audience groups from room to room, as the narrative follows the spine of the original, although there is considerably less dialogue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

At least Harold Macmillan understood, to use the parlance of his time, that history was a cruel mistress and was sure to leave him behind.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025

Her voice was once more calm and controlled—the voice of the efficient games mistress.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie