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Woods, who competes using her maiden name Sophie Amy Grant, set off on July 4 in Trieste, Italy, and finished on the Mediterranean coast of Monaco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

More than eight years after Boeing organized the maiden flight of the 737 MAX 7, US authorities announced Monday that they certified the aircraft.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

I changed back to my maiden name when I divorced her brother, and I’ve moved since then, so I thought that was significant.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Lewis Hamilton's career reached its lowest point in 2025, during a maiden season with Ferrari the seven-time champion himself described as a "nightmare".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

I’d recognized her when she’d visited Miss Sadie’s house, but didn’t realize that her maiden name was Carlson.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

Drawing from the region’s deep vein of Celtic mythology, Jenkin summons the ghosts of lost fishermen and long-gone female mine workers, known as bal maidens, stoking an atmosphere thick with ancient anguish.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

A housesitter must reckon with a pair of crones — or are they maidens?

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023

Two maidens with braids of silver held the royal crown.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin