maiden

In his maiden one-day international, which was also his first match for Australia on home soil, Beardman took 6-24 - the best figures by an Australian on a one-day debut.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

“In our view, this is an excellent maiden MRE that ticks a lot of the boxes we like to see ticked,” analyst David Coates says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The pair actually met for the first time at this week's ATP 250 event in Lyon, where Balshaw beat Portuguese world number 56 Jaime Faria for his maiden win at tour level.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Trump calls Wiles the "ice maiden" after the Florida political operative masterminded his 2024 election win, and until recently the first ever female chief had maintained steely discipline at the White House.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

“A trick of the light. She is the most beautiful of all the gods,” said the maiden who was Loki smoothly.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Surrounded by two maidens carrying trays of bread, several assistants helping carry the outfit across the carpet, Atang struggled to move freely.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

But the cyclops can’t solve the simplest of riddles and the increasingly exasperated maidens, who’ll be free once a riddle is solved, can’t get them to stop approaching the cave or from making terrible guesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026

She conceded just 17 runs in her 10 overs, three of which were maidens and into the bargain accounted for four wickets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025

Reviewing that production in The New York Times, Anna Kisselgoff praised Ms. Graves’s performance as the Queen of the Wilis, ghostly maidens who had died of broken hearts.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

Except for its enormous ornamental shrubs pruned into the shapes of wide-skirted maidens, it might have been the home of any not-so-prosperous merchant.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine