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clap

verb as in applaud; slap with approbation

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Board members clapped when Prophet presented initial work that would reposition the chain as “Country Hospitality.”

"Five years ago, I'd clap back in the comments, but I'm 31 now and I'm too tired for that so I just block it out and ignore it."

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His former conference couldn’t resist clapping back, noting in a social-media post that “Coach Venables lost eight Conference games in his two seasons in the Big 12.”

Fans clap until San Diego State scores its first points, something that should take — at most — a couple of possessions.

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It is here the wrestlers, known as rikishi, will perform their leg stomps to drive away evil spirits, and where they will clap to get the attention of the gods.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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