anthem
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But, on a clear night in Cardiff, the evening's skies ended up filled only with the sound of the national anthem serenading a re-energised national side's efforts.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Early in the Games local organisers apologised to South Korea after the North Korean national anthem was played by mistake.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
In 2022, she released the smoky electro-pop, queer anthem “Boyfriend,” which reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the theatrical “Breakfast,” a man-eater melody that declares she’s in charge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Innocent Ways” wants to be a bass-quaking party anthem in the manner of something from Lady Gaga’s “Chromatica,” but it has no personality and comes off as stiff and formulaic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
He stood for the national anthem and the announcement of the starting lineup.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
The noise built through the warm-ups, in the tunnel and during the anthems, until, finally, Haaland emerged into the blazing sunshine and took a long blue-eyed stare across the pitch at the five-time world champions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Take a bite out of history: In Part 2 of its series on McGruff the Crime Dog, Slate’s Decoder Ring podcast asks the question: Did a trench-coat-wearing dog’s catchy anti-drug anthems actually work?
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
And just like she promises in my summer staple, Bonnie Tyler’s huge choruses and blockbuster anthems will be ravishing us until the end of this endless night.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Thirty years after the Spice Girls burst onto the scene with one of the most iconic anthems of the '90s, a little-known original member has recalled the moment she first heard Wannabe.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Hence “black is beautiful” and “gay pride”—slogans and anthems of political movements aimed at ending not only legal discrimination, but the stigma that justified it.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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