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queue

[kyoo] / kju /


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Kiersten Paterno was one of the many people willing to queue up to an hour to treat herself to some frozen yoghurt.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Mat had hoped that after 20 years of trying, he would be able to beat the queue this year, on Amy's 26th birthday.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The law prohibits using software to get around ticket limits, queue and presale restrictions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

He waited about two hours in the cashier's queue, with customers crowded inside but few staff working.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

I suppose this might sound odd, but at Hailsham, the lunch queue was one of the better places to have a private talk.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

"Fuel is unavailable, there are huge queues everywhere," he told AFP from his motionless Toyota sedan after a one-and-a-half hour drive from the capital Ulaanbaatar.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Early in the day, long queues formed outside the small St Luka church, as people waited to go in and pay their respects to the coffin.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Still, sailors said that having no Wi-Fi made communicating with family and friends challenging, since there are often queues for the shared computers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The issues come after a major supply outage in July saw passengers face long queues for toilets at the West Sussex airport, with restaurants and bars also closing.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

They could be quite vain about the care of their queues, but that did not mean they loved the Manchus.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

In 2015, thousands of people queued overnight in the rain to reserve and buy studio apartments selling for under £200,000 in Hounslow, west London.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Travellers heading into Tibet often queued there from the previous day.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

On Tuesday morning, dozens queued up, sometimes wrapping around the shop’s interior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Which makes the moment when we still have to ask ourselves what sounds good feel increasingly precious: a little unoptimized space before something has been recommended, queued or dropped into a cart for us.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

The Cyndi Lauper song ended and Og queued up another dance track—“James Brown Is Dead” by L.A.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

A new virtual queuing system for visitors with accessibility needs to be introduced first at Alton Towers has been praised by charities.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

"This new virtual queuing approach has been designed in response to that feedback."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

That led to 20 percent fewer vessels and a 17 percent drop in tonnage, not to mention longer lines of ships queuing up.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

A spokesman for the Eryri National Park Authority previously said there were "no plans to intervene in a dispute over hikers queuing at the top of Yr Wyddfa".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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




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