vamp

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The former Australian Paralympic swimmer wanted to vamp up her headshot and uploaded a full-length photo of her and prompted it really specifically that she was missing her left arm from below the elbow.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

From the snarling title track opener to the tricky-timed, Spanish-language “Yo Me Estreso” and B-52’s worthy vamp “Resolution/Revolution,” their songs take big new swings and land pretty much all of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

“I say in my act: ‘Catherine, you keep your Oscar, I’ll keep my vamp.’

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

Why they're a standout: Sure, Kirsten Dunst played the scene-stealing child vamp in the big-screen version of Anne Rice's novel, but Bass makes this Claudia her own.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2022

The three hops of the bunny became three struts of a vaudeville vamp.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli