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"When the national anthem was played and the gold medal was around my neck, I was so excited and happy," Xinhua news agency quoted her as saying.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 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
“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
Lo said she likes to think that, with the early success of the rebellious anthem, she was “very clear from the start.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
From the radio, the Biafran national anthem burst out and filled the silence.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A DJ kicked things off on Friday night with the crowd dancing along to classic singalong anthems and crowd-pleasing favourites, with presenters Sara Cox, Gary Davies, DJ Spoony, Michelle Visage and Rylan.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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
Mahalia Jackson’s gospel anthems and Harry Belafonte’s interpretations of calypso music took on special relevance for the civil-rights movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Customers ordered full English breakfasts and Guinnesses and sang national anthems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
It is not a martial song, or a victory song, the way many national anthems are.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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