Mayday

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In “The Testaments,” Lucy Halliday stars as Daisy, a new Pearl Girl who is really an undercover spy for Mayday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Boylan himself called in a Mayday at 3:14 a.m. and jumped overboard, which prosecutors described as abandoning ship.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

In late January, after Mayday countersued in a federal court in New York, that court temporarily blocked South Dakota’s actions.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026

“In that case,” a pilot responded, “we declare emergency: Mayday. Mayday, Mayday.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Mayday, mayday, for pilots whose planes had been hit, and ships — was it ships too? — at sea.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood