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maiden

[meyd-n] / ˈmeɪd n /


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Root looked set to announce the beginning of his second spell as captain with a ton, while Cox was on course for a maiden hundred.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

MA thinks there’s a risk the market will be underwhelmed by a maiden study on the project, which is likely to be limited by an initial 1.8-million-metric-ton processing rate.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Woods, who competes using her maiden name Sophie Amy Grant, set off on July 4 in Trieste, Italy, and finished on the Mediterranean coast of Monaco.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

More than eight years after Boeing organized the maiden flight of the 737 MAX 7, US authorities announced Monday that they certified the aircraft.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Before they reached Nausicaä’s home, however, that discreet maiden directed Odysseus to fall back and let her and the girls go on alone.

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

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

She told Newsday afterward that the most difficult clue was in the third puzzle: “Greek festival maidens with baskets on their heads.”

From New York Times May 3, 2024

The rustic utopia would be a place where they could “bleach linens at the brook like the maidens of Homer’s ‘Iliad’!

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2023

Only 5.3% of the complete overs bowled by Australia were maidens.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2023

They showed him great kindness: they welcomed him to their feast, and the maidens dancing to the sound of flute and lyre paused to get for him the gifts he sought.

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




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