queue
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"I didn't get back to the shop until just before 11:00 BST, and the queue was already 25 metres down the road, and I've never seen that before," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Since the war began, both Ukraine and Moldova have joined the queue of countries seeking accession alongside Balkan hopefuls: Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
He tried again, waiting in an online queue for 2 hours, 15 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Richardson said: "There's no policing of it at all, it is purely free will, if you want to queue you can."
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Just before Kasischke—a tall, athletic, silver-haired man with patrician reserve—emerged from the airport customs queue, I asked Andy how many times he’d been on Everest.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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