queen
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A drag queen would cut through the room like a flare.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The queen appeared to be the person filming the footage, remaining silent until the end of the video, when she said: "This is the life I live, day and night".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ranked 114th, Fery had never reached the semifinals of an ATP Tour event, let alone a major, before his brief chat with the queen following the match.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
AFP also compared the outfit worn by the woman resembling Queen Suthida in the online post with AFP pictures of the queen taken during the state visit, and found key differences.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
“The new queen is with child,” she said excitedly.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
The fire on stage for Day 2 of the fest started early by a pack of drag queens led by Peaches Christ.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
If they cannot find enough food, larvae develop more slowly, colonies grow less strongly and fewer new queens may be produced for the following year.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
It lived in the queens who could read a face from across the room, the regulars who noticed an absence and the staff who could feel the room change before anyone else did.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The event, bringing together users and fans of the Twitch video livestreaming service, displayed a cacophony of colours and sounds across the multiple stands, punctuated by shows by drag queens and a Minecraft tournament.
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
This was, indeed, a place where queens were doomed to die.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Rxa8, and White soon to be queened pawn will help deliver checkmates in a couple of moves.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
When Stävoren town was in its prime And queened the Zuyder Zee, Its ships went out to every clime With costly merchantry.
From The Red Flower Poems Written in War Time by Van Dyke, Henry
The men of the company stood idly by, flirting and smoking and provoking giggles and pretty foolish speeches from the girls, who queened it openly on these occasions.
From Where Deep Seas Moan by Robin, E. Gallienne
But after that formal opening of the ball the young people had it all their own way, and the four queens queened it royally each with a flock of suitors around her.
From The Rose of Old St. Louis by Dillon, Mary
Always Una St. Clair had queened it over the boys, teased them, petted them, scolded them.
From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.
Black can’t be stopped from finally queening the charmed a-pawn, and White resigns the final position as mate is in the offing on 79.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Ng7, and Black had to resign as the pawn has a clear path to the queening square after the queen checks run out.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
Black’s bishop pair and passed queenside pawns make the win more difficult, but Short navigates the tactical shoals to bring home the point while keeping the Black b-pawn from queening.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
There would have been no Elton John, queening in front of millions, or David Bowie, who freely credited Little Richard’s inspiration.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
Charles was already in St. James's, and the ladies were already queening it in the new Court over the renegade beauties of the old one.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
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