extravagance
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The prima donna in extremis in Pearl Cleage’s “Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous,” which is having its Los Angeles premiere at the Geffen Playhouse, has an air of Bette Davis extravagance to her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Trust that if you’ve never enjoyed your eggs with such extravagance and complexity, it will change your palate for the better.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
The former first lady, now 60, gained a reputation, and criticism, over the years for her alleged appetite for shopping and extravagance, earning her the moniker "Gucci Grace".
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
When protests broke out to oust the Shah, she showed up for her community, a tightknit cluster of graduate students who were frustrated by his extravagance and tyranny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
They got rid of the extravagance favored by the monarchy.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
Saudi Arabia is focusing on Vision 2030's more pragmatic ventures as extravagances like NEOM, a futuristic city in the desert, and Riyadh's cuboid skyscraper Mukaab, are scaled back or scrapped to save costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Prosecutors say Mr Biden "wilfully" failed to either pay or file his taxes to the Internal Revenue Service from 2016 to 2019, instead spending his money on personal extravagances.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
His mother, like many wartime children, was inclined to small economies like switching off lights, and deplored her eldest son’s extravagances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
Marie Antoinette's own extravagances ran to near-constant renovations of her palace Petit Trianon.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2022
Though all his others break, this shall forever hold, regardless of how many gallant extravagances he may put on it.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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