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With tears in her eyes, she kissed her right hand and raised it skywards as the crowd gave her a standing ovation.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Videos circulated by local and pro-Cuba outlets showed a tearful send-off from residents who gave the departing Cuban staff an ovation as they left the ophthalmology clinics they had been operating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
An unimaginable weight rested on his shoulders when Alfonzo stepped into the batter’s box to a standing ovation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Williams congratulated Joint at the net before lapping up the ovation that came her way as she made her exit.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
When she acknowledged that the recognition by the University of Wisconsin was the first they had received, the audience gave the women a standing ovation.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
Thousands of supporters of Rama’s party holding Albanian and European Union flags greeted his speech with ovations.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The ovations were strong and heartfelt, the mutual appreciation, well, blindingly obvious.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
And don’t get me started on the endless, infantile standing ovations.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
His summer concerts became civic rituals: families picnicking, fans waving lightsabers in time to “The Imperial March” and Williams emerging each night to ovations more often reserved for rock stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
It's also a tradition of high pageantry, in which lawmakers dramatically express their approval or disapproval of the president’s ideas by either leaping to their feet in repeat standing ovations or remaining seated and sullen.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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