female

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Ms. Tatar speaks of the female spider’s habit of killing and consuming her mate, taking in his fluids as nourishment for laying hundreds of eggs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"Only two females in history at any moment in time in professional sports have been the biggest male or female in their genre, or in their sport," said Bidarian.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Instead of a male god, we have a female creator, and “instead of words, there are webs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

There has never been a mainstay, major female promoter in MMA or boxing.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

And this highlights a theme that runs through almost every Soviet female soldier’s story of the Great Patriotic War: War is gendered, and it is not feminine.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein