anthem
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South Korea were also victims of a mix-up when the national anthem for North Korea was played for the South's hockey team.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Another single, their Spanish-language anthem “Ego,” was nominated for rock song at the 2026 Latin Grammys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 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
On Sept. 23, the autumn equinox will arrive, officially bringing an end to the summer season and countless attempts at giving it an anthem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
After the anthem, they show President Snow drawing the envelope for the second Quarter Quell.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Following the anthems, the two teams did not line up for the traditional handshakes.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 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
Four days later, as the German and Japanese anthems played, the ship rose into the grasp of a typhoon that whisked it over the Pacific at breathtaking speed, toward America.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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