maiden

It was the Dutchman's second Formula 1 win in seven days, after his maiden victory this season at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, and the first time he has won in Singapore.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

On our maiden voyage in French Polynesia, we sailed to the lagoon of an island called Huahine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

He takes the calendar off the wall and writes his relevant passwords—the codes to his life—on the last page, and then, in capital letters, his mother’s maiden name: the origin of that life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Tran said passing the act would severely limit the ability of U.S. citizens to vote, especially women whose maiden names may differ from married names on government paperwork.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Still she did not blench: maiden of the Rohirrim, child of kings, slender but as a steel-blade, fair yet terrible.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

Even with England's unprecedented fast-scoring approach over the previous year, few would have predicted that Australia would managed only 34 maidens in the entire series without the assistance of a world-ending asteroid strike.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2023

A band of warriors followed her, among them a number of maidens.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton