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queue

[kyoo] / kju /


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There’ll be, like, one or two people there, but our team is out there working with them, and they’re usually able to get in the queue and get back indoors.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

They could instead queue up on Gilt’s website in anticipation of the day’s flash sale and buy that same merchandise online.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Throughout the queue, riders will encounter “holographic presentations and scientific exhibits,” culminating in the discovery of a new energy source, detailed by illuminated blue energy lines, that will power the ride.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

After a five-hour wait for petrol, Mongolian pensioner Nasanjargal is still 10 places from the pump, with dozens of cars behind him in a queue snaking into the arid steppe.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

“First winter I remember, the snows came over my head,” said a Homwood man in the queue ahead of him.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Long online queues formed for the first tranche of tickets released on July 1, which were snapped up within hours.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Tickets for the festival typically sell out in less than an hour, with thousands of fans joining online queues to fight for their place.

From BBC Sep. 8, 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

Nothing says things are not going to plan more than long queues for petrol and billowing smoke coming from stricken oil refineries.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Every time I turned my e-mail program on, I faced hundreds of messages from kids, students, former students, parents, and teachers stacked in vast queues; it took hours just to download the mail.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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

Dozens queued on a pontoon at Fourka waiting to flee as smoke blotted out the sky over the resorts, according to images broadcast by ERT.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

The whistle blew and Coach Spinks called Ben’s group to the center line where they queued up in two lines to wait for their chance to go against the returnees.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

There will be no change to the eligibility criteria for the pass, available to those who have problems queuing for long periods because of a physical, emotional or learning need, Merlin says.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Another man spoke of the "extreme queuing" required to view the exhibit.

From BBC Sep. 10, 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

He said there were between 100 and 150 people queuing to get to the top.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

They reached the entrance hall, which was packed with people queuing for dinner.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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