maiden
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This is his 17th Test and he gave an audible cry of frustration when he chopped on off Mohammad Imran, extending a wait for a maiden hundred.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
His maiden ATP final appearance against Buse comes before next month's US Open, where he just missed out on being seeded.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Ferguson lost her courtesy royal divorcee title and reverted to her maiden name, and also lost the freedom of the city of York after councillors voted unanimously to remove the honour over the scandal.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
He scored 36 tries alone on his maiden Great Britain tour, dazzling both Australia and New Zealand in 1954 under captain and fellow Welshman Dickie Williams.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Therefore when Chryseis had been returned to her father, Agamemnon sent two of his squires to Achilles’ tent to take his prize of honor away from him, the maiden Briseis.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Their breakthrough arrives with a performance of Temple Maiden, a dance tracing the love and envy of two maidens who turn into serpents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 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
As Ahmed put together a spell either side of lunch, he bowled England's first maidens and had Shreyas Iyer caught in the deep in the leg side for 35.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2024
Inside were pictures of young maidens doing hunter stuff, chasing monsters, shooting bows.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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