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ovation

[oh-vey-shuhn] / oʊˈveɪ ʃən /


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Kostyuk teared up as she was given a lengthy ovation by the crowd on Court Philippe Chatrier, with interviewer Marion Bartoli stepping in to hug her.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

He received a long ovation after getting 132 votes, with no member voting against him and one abstaining, according to the session's presiding member Ismael Diallo.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

I didn’t have the experience and didn’t know the number of minutes of an ovation is very important and counted.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

At those prices, “you’d better laugh, give it a standing ovation, applaud, put it on Yelp and Google—the whole works,” said producer and theater communications executive Jay Michaels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

When I finished reading the poem, I got a standing ovation.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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