female

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The female screwworm fly lays its larvae in a wound or an opening of an animal.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti agreed that it "felt that female voices were drowned out" in the Epstein files coverage.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Graham developed her now-familiar modernist principles for working the torso and spine, known as “contraction” and “release,” with her troupe, all female at the time, between 1927 and 1928.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

With 30-odd years in television, Walker has benefited from, and anguished over, the many changes in the industry, including the increasing number of female producers and executives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“The Whatnot Corporation does not have a company website,” one of the female whatnots—a Miranda?

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix