Definitions
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- noun United States singer and actress (born in 1942)
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Examples
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Barbra Streisand in "Mecha-Streisand" (season one): Icon Streisand is depicted as a massive mechanical dinosaur bent on destroying South Park, until Robert Smith of the Cure assumes the form of a moth and kills her.
'South Park' and Jersey: How the latest episode compares to the show's past celeb satires Jen Chaney 2010
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Barbara Streisand is not a politician and neither is Martha Steward.
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Still, Streisand is infamous for having avoided live performances for nearly three decades due to a debilitating bout of stage fright.
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When you think about it, Streisand is one of the great crossover artists of all time — the crossover being from straight musical theatre to radio-ready Adult-Contemporary.
Archive 2007-02-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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When you think about it, Streisand is one of the great crossover artists of all time — the crossover being from straight musical theatre to radio-ready Adult-Contemporary.
Can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist? Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Loathed on the right, Streisand is sometimes ribbed even by writers on the left.
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Loathed on the right, Streisand is sometimes ribbed even by writers on the left.
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The more I read about celebrities who speak out against the war on terror, the more I think, "Streisand is the smart one."
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Streisand is pissed because the photographers who shoot the coastline that her home abuts are, to her mind, invading her privacy (nevermind that dozens of satellites invade her privacy in exactly the same way, several times a day).
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In any event, Barabara Streisand is taking legal action against the California Coastline project, which we've written about here before.
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