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Recent Examples of debStill, a high deb burden remains a key risk factor.—Trefis Team, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 The viral video showed Martin, dressed in custom blue Valentino, in a moment with another deb, French countess Aliénor Loppin de Montmort.—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024 Now every nubile deb has her eye on him, and our poor heroine doesn’t seem to stand a chance.—Judy Berman, TIME, 16 May 2024 The debutante fashion show is a requirement for the girls to complete the personal development part of the 16-month deb program.—Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 3 June 2019 Richardson delves into a variety of fascinating deb scenes, including African-American traditions dating back to Reconstruction.—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2019 Doing an outstanding job as commentators for the show were Nareh Derhartounian and Sammy Aydin, who were part of the 2018 deb group.—Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 3 June 2019 Ratings were dwarfed by those of the first Republican deb ate of 2015, when 24 million viewers tuned in to watch Trump spar with moderator Megyn Kelly.—Jaclyn Gallucci, Fortune, 28 June 2019 Presentations: As a sub deb in Apollo, Les Pierrettes and Squires, and as a princess in the Grant Ball of Osiris.—NOLA.com, 24 June 2017
But 113 years ago, almost to the date, reporters were banging on her father's door for word of the fate of this dashing Baltimore debutante who was listed on the RMS Titanic's manifest.
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Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Apr. 2025
Each wrapped in pastel pink garment bags, the items include bespoke debutante dresses made to do the Texas dip in the 1950s, dozens of body-conscious Mugler originals from the ’90s, and yards of silky lingerie by Christian Dior.
While sauntering through the presentation, which felt more like a spring picnic than fashion show (guests sipped on glasses of rosé and plucked strawberries from overflowing trays), one particularly striking demoiselle caught the eye.
Its maiden and hero product, Rested, hones in on sleep as the fundamental step to optimizing cognitive and immune function.
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Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Their violence — in medieval bestiaries, unicorns are regularly said to have beef with elephants and take them down by goring their bellies — is contrasted with their gentleness towards maidens and innate understanding of purity.
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