virgin

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At midnight on that day, devotees famously sing Las Mañanitas, the traditional birthday song, for the virgin, and set off fireworks.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

To help Juan Diego, who was later named a saint, prove his story, the virgin is said to have imprinted her image on his cloak.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

That's exactly what happened earlier this year in Scunthorpe, the last place in the UK that makes virgin steel from melting iron ore in blast furnaces.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

The ocean is a globally shared resource, and stewarding the deep sea may be society’s last chance to protect the remaining virgin Earth.

From Salon • May 21, 2025

He now had a plantation; inside of two years he had dragged house and gardens out of virgin swamp, and plowed and planted his land with seed cotton which General Compson loaned him.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner