encore

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Then I groaned some more and while I didn’t need an encore, I left the theater humming.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

He joined Arcade Fire after one of its original members quit in the middle of an encore following a fight with the lead singer — Butler’s older brother, Win Butler.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

"I had this tune that nobody else had, and it was a really good encore."

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Barrie also points out that this era is shaping into an encore of the Gilded Age — a time defined by financial inequality, a depression, a pandemic, and fears of war.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

But the choir returned for an encore anyway, with tambourines, to sing: Swing low, sweet Chariot, And scoop me from the mire; Take me up to Glory, Snatched from Eternal Fire.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck