salute
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"I'm honored that President Bush would make this a bipartisan salute to Barack Obama and Michelle," he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Military personnel salute those who outrank them, but all military personnel, regardless of rank, salute Medal of Honor recipients.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
This year’s event included a salute to the armed forces, with the official songs of the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
And he is angry at allegations that a Nazi salute was seen at one banquet.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
The boys joined the salute, and Penelope nearly cried to see those three brave faces before her.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Max Medellin, 12, of Troop 10 from Reseda salutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
The soldiers were buried on Sunday in coffins draped in the Indonesian flag during military funerals with gun salutes.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
“Project Hail Mary” salutes its ancestors without ripping them off—alluding to “Arrival,” “E.T.” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”—but it is also, excitingly, a fresh story with bold aspirations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
The players snapped salutes at each other after great plays.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026
Lizza gasped when the guns in Salem Harbor fired salutes and the cannon on the forts boomed an answer.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
Duckett punched the air, yelled to the sky and saluted the England dressing room.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The brace was the first of Balogun’s international career and came in his World Cup debut before a crowd of family and friends, a cheering section he saluted from behind the goal line after scoring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Cheering crowds waved Chinese flags at a farewell ceremony ahead of the launch, while a band played and the three astronauts saluted on stage.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
Sometimes a junior constable walked into the frame and saluted her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The prince saluted them both with a hopeful smile, then strode purposefully out the door and back to where they’d hidden their belongings in the brush outside the clearing.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
His final masterstroke—bullying the world into saluting his greatness by executing an incredible comeback—will once again remind him that the maw at the center of his being remains unfilled.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
“It was just us saluting to do it.”
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
One clip shows Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, standing poolside next to a replica of the Statue of Liberty, clapping and saluting as the aircraft hovers before flying away.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
WNO’s spring 2026 operas are all American, saluting the nation’s 250th birthday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Belching exhaust, the driver saluting or warning with a series of blasts on his horn, it is an old army bus, the official name brushed over with paint that doesn't quite match.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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