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Virgo

[vur-goh] / ˈvɜr goʊ /


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The Virgo Transport 8, carrying 243 passengers and crew, had lost contact with its shipping company early on Sunday after departing from Surabaya in East Java.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Koi carp reflect his love of Japan and the Japanese pond at his London home, while winged female figures echo his Virgo star sign, a motif he used on the Queen crest he designed himself.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

M88 is part of the Virgo Cluster, a vast collection of more than a thousand galaxies bound together by gravity.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026

The signs attributed to each profile were Virgo, Leo, and Libra.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

The Virgo cluster is already the richest collection of galaxies known, replete with spirals and ellipticals and irregulars, a jewel box in the sky.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Companies that would never hire a consultant to explain how Virgos negotiate compensation packages request workshops on how Gen Z handles feedback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Virgos help us with life, so that we can do the things that make us feel alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024

“We’re both Virgos, so we are both incredibly organized people,” Kucserka says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

Conversations about planetary transits and memes about what Virgos may be apt to do when presented with conflict are everywhere on Instagram and Twitter.

From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2019

But now there’s more room for … uh, posts about Virgos, I guess.

From The Verge ● Dec. 4, 2018

The weaker “Lamentatio Virginis in Depositione” by Alessandro Della Ciaia foundered a bit in its long verses, as the soprano soloist’s intonation sagged slightly, but the double-chorus of angels kept things exciting.

From Washington Post

It was the telltale signature of the object orbiting around 70 Virginis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The stars they orbit--70 Virginis in the constellation Virgo and 47 Ursae Majoris in the Great Bear--are each about 35 light-years away.

From Time Magazine Archive

The planet around 70 Virginis is also problematic: its orbit is egg-shaped rather than circular, which suggests to some astronomers that it formed more like a star than like a planet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Le Quien, who published them in 1712, refers to earlier homilies on the Dormitio Virginis.

From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by James Endell Tyler


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