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woman

[woom-uhn] / ˈwʊm ən /


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As she gave chase the woman is heard asking the officer to direct her, saying: "Where to?"

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

When Eleanor Osada, 29, attended a 2024 Stevie Nicks concert in London’s Hyde Park, she said that a woman spoke throughout the performance with her back to the stage.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

This week, Quentin Fottrell — The Moneyist — answered questions from a 55-year-old woman who is planning ahead.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

My mind flashed to the moment in “Something’s Gotta Give” when Harry says, “Erica, you are a woman to love.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

I wave goodbye to Aunt J. The woman at the door asks me to sign in and then directs me to the classroom at the end of the hall.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

A group of about 20 — mostly Black people but also some middle-aged white women and young Latino men — pounded away with hands or sticks to a unified beat.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

The mother-and-baby wing opened in 1960 and by the time it closed in 1985, local media reported it had housed 1,552 women and girls.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

It arrives as audiences and filmmakers signal an openness to revisiting stories about women long shaped by men accustomed to processing female identity through a saint-sinner binary.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

“Many investors, more likely men than women, have a portfolio they trade, and it’s not totally wrong or inappropriate to have that,” says Deborah Fuhr, founder of ETFGI, a research firm based in London.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Older women in rayon dresses and thick stockings stuttered in their steps when they noticed me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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