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Recent Examples of queue
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
For casual eats go to Bistro Bastardo, a Mexican burrito spot that always had a queue outside, as well as Úvozna, a burger joint near the Water Tanks, or Zaza for puffy sourdough pizzas.
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Jaymi McCann,
TheWeek,
16 June 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
Guests will queue up within a large, red brick, garage-style structure before getting into the ride vehicles, modeled after several cars featured in the films before catapulting along an aerial track that winds its way over the theme park.
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Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Or Russell Square/Palmerston Park, for which there is always a queue.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
For casual eats go to Bistro Bastardo, a Mexican burrito spot that always had a queue outside, as well as Úvozna, a burger joint near the Water Tanks, or Zaza for puffy sourdough pizzas.
—
Jaymi McCann,
TheWeek,
16 June 2026
Verb
Contestants were divided into two teams and asked to queue up.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
Guests will queue up within a large, red brick, garage-style structure before getting into the ride vehicles, modeled after several cars featured in the films before catapulting along an aerial track that winds its way over the theme park.
—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for queue
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China walked a careful diplomatic line during the conflict.
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Basallo misjudged it, taking an unhurried shuffle up the line, before the ball glanced off his glove and rolled toward the Dodgers dugout.
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Go where incentives already line up Instead of starting by attacking incumbents’ profit centers, successful disruptors look for segments where someone already benefits financially from lower costs and better outcomes.
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Sadly, travel plans didn’t line up.
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In a report made public on Monday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South was triggered in early June 2021 when two connections between garage columns and the condominium’s pool deck failed.
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In this illustration for a gossip column printed sometime in 1831-2, the writer George Sand is on the protective, even chivalrous arm of a man, but she’s also dressed in men’s clothes.
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Sporting a nasty black eye — cue the Spurs injury jokes — sustained in their 2-2 draw with Japan, his World Cup debut, Van Hecke completed his medical in Kansas City, where the Netherlands are based.
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Kiss sun damage goodbye, and cue the compliments.
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Warning posters frequently line train stations and public buildings in Japan.
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Commuters on trains and cars alike should prepare for a difficult ride home on Monday evening as severe weather, a gridlock warning and a partial Penn Station shutdown will take place during peak hours.
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The lawsuit filed by the families names Wilburn, Riverside County, and the cities of Beaumont and Calimesa as defendants, alleging the intersection was dangerously designed and maintained, with inadequate sight lines caused by roadway geometry, vegetation and utility equipment.
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No charges have been filed yet.
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Shoppers vouch for them after wearing the pants multiple days in a row during long vacations.
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Footage posted on social media by attendees shows several rows in the venue cleared after the fall, according to the outlet.
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SecureBio can sequence a genome in five days, but the genetic analysis can reveal much more information, such as a virus’s variant or lineage.
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Scientists sequence a patient's tumor to identify up to 34 unique molecular fingerprints called neoantigens and encode them into a custom vaccine.
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“Queue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queue. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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