female
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Forty were thought to be on board, mostly female farmers and labourers, when it sank on Sunday.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Many believe a female short seller in HBO’s “Industry” is loosely based on her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Fricker earned the Academy Award for supporting actress, becoming the first Irish female actor to win an Oscar, and Day-Lewis took home the prize for lead actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
There have been eight female emperors on the Chrysanthemum Throne in Japan's imperial family, whose divine status was renounced after World War II.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
After that, over thirty more memoirs were published by female aviators between 1957 and 1989.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
"On these hot, dry days, they can get on with their lives, particularly finding a mate and the females laying eggs to create the new generation of butterflies later in the year."
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
First, the females bury themselves halfway in the sand with only their heads sticking out and lay their eggs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The researchers propose that when paternal care evolved from maternal care, it likely reflects a form of sexual selection known as 'enhanced fecundity', in which females favor males that are already caring for eggs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
An overwhelming majority of applicants were young, with eight out of 10 younger than 45 years old, while 57 percent of the total were males against 43 percent for females.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
All of them were from male cormorants whose feathers are thicker than those of the females and much glossier.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
