anthem
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“La Marseillaise,” a war chant that became the national anthem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
"The Premier League anthem has been booed by City fans for many years," said Wilson.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Her students have taken to singing La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, in protest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
“His anthem, his law, hammered, hammered, into me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
And stop hearing the national anthem in my head.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
“I hope I die before I get old,” the Who sneered in “My Generation,” one of the quintessential anthems of the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The stage felt emptier without them, but their bandmates worked hard to fill the gaps, hyping up the crowd with a succession of bass-heavy pop anthems and jaw-dropping dance breaks.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
Whistles blew and a band played both the Brazilian and American national anthems.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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