Example Sentences

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People have been queuing up across the country outside gas cylinder agencies.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

People have been queuing up for cooking gas, milk powder, and meals at soup kitchens, without fights or friction.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2022

For weeks people have been queuing up at pumps, often for hours, and the country has been under rolling power cuts.

From Reuters • Mar. 20, 2022

Availability is so limited that people have been queuing overnight in the rain at a temple to try to get a free test.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2021

Despite the pandemic, he says prospective tenants have been queuing up to take over empty shop units.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2021