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Last month, the Hangzhou-based company raised $7.4 billion in its maiden external funding round, where investors valued it at more than $50 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Since Messi made his Argentina debut at 18, the sides have met only once and that match came less than three months after his maiden outing.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

But Sinner is wary of the threat posed by Zverev, after the German ended his long wait for a maiden Grand Slam success at last month's French Open.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

The billionaire president has barely been able to contain his excitement over the retrofitted Boeing 747-8 aircraft, which took him to Ankara on its maiden trip outside the United States.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Of course not,” said the maiden who was Loki smoothly.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

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

The rustic utopia would be a place where they could “bleach linens at the brook like the maidens of Homer’s ‘Iliad’!

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

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

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

To the other maidens he had given white roses, but the one he plucked for her was red.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin