Dora
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It depicts his partner and muse, the French surrealist artist Dora Maar.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Ornaments dangling in a shop window cast oblong shadows in a 2013 picture that’s almost surreal, echoing Man Ray and Dora Maar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Marinakis has close family ties to HOC President Isidoros Kouvelos, and was best man at his wedding to former Athens mayor Dora Bakoyannis, the sister of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
“Luxury now is about going beyond clothes and accessories — it’s about connecting customers to a world they can step into,” says Dora Fung, editor in chief of 10 Magazine USA, an independent luxury publication.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
After Dora and I had sorted through our plunder, and counted and sampled and traded until we were satisfied, her mother drove me back to my house.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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