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Recent Examples of belle
Voted one of the best islands in the US nine years in the running, this belle of the Lowcountry never goes out of style.
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Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2025
In the end, Taylor left the villa with Carraway, a Southern belle.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Through vivid, often surprising portraits — like that of a charismatic preacher offering unsparing historical tours, or a woman who proudly inhabits the persona of a Southern belle — the film captures the contradictions and complexities of a community living within the shadow of its own mythology.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
McClanahan's character, Blanche, was the Southern belle of the group and also a widow.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2025
In the end, Taylor left the villa with Carraway, a Southern belle.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Through vivid, often surprising portraits — like that of a charismatic preacher offering unsparing historical tours, or a woman who proudly inhabits the persona of a Southern belle — the film captures the contradictions and complexities of a community living within the shadow of its own mythology.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
McClanahan's character, Blanche, was the Southern belle of the group and also a widow.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belle
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The 57-year-old man, who has not been identified, had attended a snake-charmer show while on vacation with his family when he was bitten by the animal earlier this month, according to German police, who didn’t release the exact date of the incident.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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Cobras coming up out of charmers’ baskets are generally six feet long.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Following tea with the king and queen in the White House Green room, the Trumps showed off the White House’s new beehive to the royal couple.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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In Washington, the king and queen will have a private tea with the Trumps and attend a garden party and a formal White House state dinner.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Ironically, the cloaked and armored marble statue of the goddess was found face down in the rubble near the outer wall of the stage.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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Smith positions the avenging goddess in a horror-show hall of mirrors, with a closed-circuit video feed focused on Vindicatrix’s upraised arm gesturing in oath.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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Memoiristic explorations of lemmings, foxes, childhood violence, and pregnancy give way to a sequence of love stories dedicated to the northern lights, diving into mythology and spirituality.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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And a thick hedgerow is no deterrent to foxes sneaking in to snatch small lambs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Belle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belle. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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