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Recent Examples of queues
Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
For long theme park days, having shoes that stay comfortable through miles of walking, ride queues, and quick weather swings is non-negotiable, and these consistently hold up.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Huge crowds at the venue — which was open to the public on its first couple of days — contributed to long queues and some delegates being unable to attend their panels.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Record-high connection queues from congested grids threaten to stymie electricity output even when demand and generation capacity exist.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Any Londoner or New Yorker knows the queues all too well.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Before the final Champions League group phase game against Qarabag on Wednesday evening, Liverpool have made changes to their management of queues outside of Anfield’s Main Stand.
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
From Thursday onward, long queues formed outside bakeries, pharmacies, and grocery stores as people prepared for the worst.
—Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
New data center projects are dealing with grid connection queues of up to 5 years, and traditional power generation equipment, like gas turbines, to build dedicated power plants for new construction is also sold out for 5 years.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
People complained of long queues, overcrowded rooms, poor communication infrastructure, and a bizarre and ever-changing entry policy.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
For long theme park days, having shoes that stay comfortable through miles of walking, ride queues, and quick weather swings is non-negotiable, and these consistently hold up.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Huge crowds at the venue — which was open to the public on its first couple of days — contributed to long queues and some delegates being unable to attend their panels.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Record-high connection queues from congested grids threaten to stymie electricity output even when demand and generation capacity exist.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Any Londoner or New Yorker knows the queues all too well.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Before the final Champions League group phase game against Qarabag on Wednesday evening, Liverpool have made changes to their management of queues outside of Anfield’s Main Stand.
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
From Thursday onward, long queues formed outside bakeries, pharmacies, and grocery stores as people prepared for the worst.
—Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
New data center projects are dealing with grid connection queues of up to 5 years, and traditional power generation equipment, like gas turbines, to build dedicated power plants for new construction is also sold out for 5 years.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queues
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The initial plan called for DHS personnel assigned to these programs to be redirected to assist the broader traveling public, as travelers braced for longer lines to clear security.—
Ayesha Ali,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Pausing PreCheck risked significant delays and frustration at airports like LAX, where passengers encountered closed lanes, long lines and confusion on Sunday morning.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Today, just a few columns and sections remain, but visitors can walk through and imagine what used to be.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
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Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more.—
Gabe Evans,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Neat rows of collard greens and kale stretch across irrigated beds, while orchards of peach trees — the ranch’s signature fruit — appear throughout the property.—
Martine Thompson,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Within a couple of hours, Monkey Mountain was ringed several rows deep with visitors, camera phones raised high and news photographers angling for a clear shot.—
Joshua Mellin,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2026
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Metra operates its trains on Union Pacific tracks and will comply with the quiet zone in Glencoe, spokesman Michael Gillis wrote in an e-mail.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Mass transit also largely resumed on the ground, with NJ Transit and Metro-North trains running normal schedules on Wednesday.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Even those statutes, however, have more strings attached.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2026
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Out in the full glare of the riverbank dogs were barking, clothes were drying on the ghat, little boys were playing with marbles, running about with strings, beating along old bicycle tyres with sticks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Bill Clinton, on the other hand, traveled on Epstein’s private plane at least 16 times, according to a CNN review, and was pictured with women in a jacuzzi in files released by the Justice Department.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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For months, Bill Clinton, 79, and Hillary Clinton, 78, largely ignored the matter in public but that became harder to sustain in December when the former president was featured prominently in the first batch of Epstein files.—
STEVEN SLOAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Queues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queues. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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