queen
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On the day of the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, Faruqi had offered condolences to those who mourned for the queen in a social media post.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"The queen came to say hello to us -- and I was wearing this dirty thing," said Margarita.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
When the gene was deactivated in older worker bees, the insects began caring for the queen again.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Following her was fellow queen Kochina Rude who came out dressed as Pee-wee Herman to perform the Germs’ “Lexicon Devil” before stage-diving into the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
“You’ll know it’s an emergency if you hear me say, ‘I’m here for queen and country, and I’d like to...um...um...what’s my line?’”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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
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
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
When I dyed chunks of my hair bright blue, those drama queens almost needed to be put on stretchers and rushed to the hospital.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
Rxa8, and White soon to be queened pawn will help deliver checkmates in a couple of moves.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
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
In the majority of games, either one or the other player remains at the close with a pawn, which has to be queened.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
In semi-empty, if regal, state, she queened it for a time, her title barren, her real power in Egypt practically confined to her brain and to her charm.
From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson
The careless young wife, knowing nothing save how to love, queened it right royally over the old house, and the little brown brothers and sisters ran riot through every room.
From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Rxc5 Rxf3, when’s Sorokin’s pieces cover each other magnificently and the passed d-pawn nears the queening square.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
Qxh7 picks off the piece while retaining control of the b1 queening square.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
Bb6!, and now the White a-pawn has a clear path to the queening square.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 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
Over the two at her feet she was openingly queening it already; over the others—what did Wych Hazel see concerning them, that curled her lips in their soft lines of mischief?
From Wych Hazel by Warner, Susan
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