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His perfectionism was his best friend and worst enemy: One source remembers him playing to a crowd of 60,000 and receiving a standing ovation, only to come off stage and say, “I suck.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He got a nice ovation from the Philadelphia crowd, which he knew better than to take for granted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Prince and Princess of Wales, along with Charlotte and George, arrived at the All England Club shortly after 15:00 BST on Sunday, receiving a standing ovation as they entered the royal box.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
And when the last one ended, the audience responded with a standing ovation.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
Standing ovations are almost de rigueur in formal Washington, but I don’t think I ever heard one of such prolonged intensity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
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 speech had been welcomed by US lawmakers in the Capitol building, with the King receiving 12 standing ovations.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Republicans stood, offering one of the longest standing ovations of the night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
“I got three standing ovations that night,” she said.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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