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In her maiden speech in the House of Commons in October 2024, Fleet said it was her "duty" to speak up for women in her Derbyshire constituency "whose stories are not being told".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Bell Potter says the higher costs were driven by lower grades, weaker sales volumes, higher diesel costs and accounting impacts of the integration of maiden copper production from the new Jericho mine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Last month, the Hangzhou-based company raised $7.4 billion in its maiden external funding round, where investors valued it at more than $50 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

But Sinner is wary of the threat posed by Zverev, after the German ended his long wait for a maiden Grand Slam success at last month's French Open.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

There was a maiden in Thessaly named Coronis, of beauty so surpassing that Apollo loved her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

But the cyclops can’t solve the simplest of riddles and the increasingly exasperated maidens, who’ll be free once a riddle is solved, can’t get them to stop approaching the cave or from making terrible guesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026

She conceded just 17 runs in her 10 overs, three of which were maidens and into the bargain accounted for four wickets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025

Drawing from the region’s deep vein of Celtic mythology, Jenkin summons the ghosts of lost fishermen and long-gone female mine workers, known as bal maidens, stoking an atmosphere thick with ancient anguish.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

A housesitter must reckon with a pair of crones — or are they maidens?

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023

Now Galadriel rose from the grass, and taking a cup from one of her maidens she filled it with white mead and gave it to Celeborn.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien