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He said "sometimes what used to be a ten-minute queue... takes over thirty minutes."

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

EV drivers share a mutual respect for others that may be in the queue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Someone complains about the line, the weather, our politics or the UPS driver who goes to the front of the queue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

In post-Stalinist Russia, people carried around an avos’ka—a just-in-case string bag—so that if they happened upon a queue for anything that had suddenly become available, they would be ready to purchase and carry it home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

At the prefecture, a queue for gasoline coupons snakes out the door and around the block.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Tickets went on sale Tuesday and were going briskly, with digital wait times reported of more than four hours in queues with as many as 13,000 guests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Supporters faced long queues to get into New York New Jersey Stadium amid heightened security for the 2026 World Cup final.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

But after the long queues, it is understood most fans had no issues scanning tickets and accessing the stadium.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

And in Vologda, Nikolai, a motorist who declined to give his surname, said "more stations have started working again, and petrol deliveries have become more frequent. Naturally, the queues have shrunk".

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

The queues were supposed to imitate the tails of horses, as if we were animals who had been tamed.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

Fans queued at New Street station to have their photo taken with the mechanical Ozzy the bull statue, which has been specially dressed up for Ozzy Day, receiving a free commemorative Polaroid.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Customers queued in long lines to snap up a special-edition Harry Potter collection last year, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Customers queued in long lines for a special-edition Harry Potter doughnut collection last year, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

"I've queued in rain, sun and once hail... at the age we are now it is always a joy to get tickets and not have to queue," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The fathers whose sons had played merited a more aggrandized status in the fraternity of older men who queued along the passageway.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

But for several weeks, queuing for petrol has become a staple of life during the dragging Ukraine conflict, causing impatience at petrol stations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Those queuing to meet her included a starstruck 21-year-old man clutching a 1980s vinyl album.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

However, compared to a premium of 38%, these are negligible and without unforeseen obstacles, hedge funds and proprietary trading desks will be queuing up to put the trade on.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

An initial trial of the tool at Wealden Ridge Medical Partnership in Sussex saw a 29% reduction in the number of people queuing on the phone for an appointment.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

In the alleys, fifteen-year-old boys are making their way toward mine elevators, queuing up with their helmets and lamps outside the gates.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr