maiden
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Ocelli is winless in six starts, with his best showing a second in a maiden race last year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
At that moment, Janie - whose maiden name is Hughes - understood her life would change forever.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
One told me she has started using her maiden name professionally because her married name was used in a scam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
She took two further wickets in the remainder of the over, recording a second maiden, then removed another pair of batters in the fifth over.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
I was delighted to observe that the comely young lady of such exquisite voice I had seen previously was returned, this maiden attended like one of the Parnassian sisters by a company of other songstresses.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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