acclaim
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Left behind by their team-mates after the first wave of celebrations, the pair stood side by side, arms outstretched as they soaked in the acclaim from the England supporters who had flocked to Mexico City.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Meanwhile, for all of the paper’s popular acclaim, many fellow scientists say “Wedges” missed its target.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
She felt even better as Freud’s portraits of her gained increasing acclaim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Offering only a brief wave in acknowledgement of the acclaim, Williams was firmly focused on her first competitive match for 1,375 days.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Courtney talks about the acclaim Truman Drama attracts, the attention it gets from New York.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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When Mr. Marx acclaims “Old Town Road” as an “incredible homegrown feat,” he praises what he damns elsewhere as the second sickness of our age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
In a review headlined “Flaunting It,” New York Times book critic Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote, “George Lois may be nearly as great a genius of mass communication as he acclaims himself to be.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
There are countless ways to get B’s and C’s without building the “creativity, leadership and teamwork skills” that Mr. Grant rightly acclaims.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2018
Each midwinter Science acclaims outstanding workers in schools, factories and offices by means of medals, prizes, publicity.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The applause of two thousand souls salutes them and acclaims them.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred
Designed by acclaimed architecture firm Olson Kundig, the 2,900-square-foot residence features two bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, floor-to-ceiling glass walls, and a spacious terrace overlooking the Hollywood Hills.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Their relationship reportedly inspired some of the tracks on Swift's acclaimed album, The Tortured Poets Department.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
In “Daemons of the Shadow Realm,” based on the manga by acclaimed “Fullmetal Alchemist” creator Hiromu Arakawa, Huru leads a simple life in the premodern Edo-style Higashi Village.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
In the process, he turned his friends and loved ones into the unlikely stars of his acclaimed independent documentaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
On and on he went, telling me how Central High’s students were suffering and sacrificing the reputation of their nationally acclaimed school because we had come there.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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Pundits worldwide were united in acclaiming it as one of the best England performances of all time, if not the very best.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2019
But that had not prevented others from acclaiming him as a hero.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2018
He confessed as much to the left-wing American writer Anna Louise Strong in 1958, when she was about to write a book acclaiming Mao's Great Leap Forward.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2013
Even more enthusiastic was the Literary Review's Malcolm Forbes, acclaiming "a superb new novel" by "a writer of huge talent" who is "starting to resemble her literary idol, Chinua Achebe".
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2013
They, with acclaiming voice, Still sang and shouted, Alleluia—reign For ever, Lord of lords and King of kings!
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George
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