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Recent Examples of baroness
Prince William made a surprise video appearance at the BAFTA TV Awards over the weekend to praise Floella Benjamin, a baroness, for her work with children.
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Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
In the seven-time Oscar-winning flick, Denys takes well-heeled baroness Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) on a romantic flight over the Kenyan savannah.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2024
Also in 2015, then prime minister David Cameron appointed her as a government adviser and a Conservative baroness.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
The baroness employed 90 terrified gardeners who were charged with maintaining its perfection.
—Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
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Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
In the seven-time Oscar-winning flick, Denys takes well-heeled baroness Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) on a romantic flight over the Kenyan savannah.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2024
Also in 2015, then prime minister David Cameron appointed her as a government adviser and a Conservative baroness.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
The baroness employed 90 terrified gardeners who were charged with maintaining its perfection.
—Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
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The property had been left to the National Alliance by a countess and was sold to the father of Fini’s partner for 300,000 euros in 2008.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2024
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Then one day, a countess checks in wearing a green parrot and promises to tell Marta seven stories.Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
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After undergoing a course of preventative chemotherapy, the princess returned to royal duties, helping to share the workload with King Charles, who revealed his own cancer diagnosis in February, and Queen Camilla, who has been intermittently ill.Sarah Young, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The film is a rich tapestry of scenes in rainy, dark woods and golden interiors, like the warm castle parlor where Henry woos Katherine, the princess of France, played dazzlingly by Branagh’s then partner, Emma Thompson.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Two identical women, a Chicago baker and a European duchess, swap lives just days before Christmas — and, of course, romance ensues.Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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The latest quarterly data compiled by polling agency YouGov shows the duchess is now 17th on the list of the most popular royal family members based on the size of her fanbase.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
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The buckle took inspiration from the shoes of marquises in French aristocratic courts, and Mr. Vivier modernized it.Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
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Photo: Genevieve De Manio Of the two marquises for my ring, one was more long and slender with higher clarity, while another was a slightly wider stone with higher color.Shelby Wax, Vogue, 30 July 2024
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Multiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.Ellie Hall, Vulture, 9 July 2024
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Marjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
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Season 2 will follow Quinn's second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and the quest of the eldest Bridgerton, Anthony, to find his viscountess.Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
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Season 2, on the other hand, was all about her brother Anthony Bridgerton's (Jonathan Bailey) quest to find his viscountess.Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
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The masterful subtlety of light brushstrokes and the troublingly realistic sfumato of the Renaissance painter in the service of god or a noblewoman elevated the work and, by extension, its maker to celebrity.Ruby Justice Thelot, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Hawise: Several noblewomen of the Middle Ages bore this name, which is the English variation of the French name Haueis.Anna Moeslein, Parents, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Baroness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baroness. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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