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Such restraint is hardly the case with modern concert audiences here, but standing ovations remain rare.
Even the notoriously harsh Philadelphia fans gave their NFC East rival’s rising star a standing ovation as he was carted off the field with an air cast on his leg.
He departed the game with 3:01 left to a standing ovation.
When Ohtani finally left the game in the seventh after giving up a walk and a single, organist Dieter Ruehle played, “Jesus Christ Superstar” while the stadium shook with a prolonged standing ovation.
Rather than a standing ovation, the response felt like an outside power lifting listeners from their seats.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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