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ovation

[oh-vey-shuhn] / oʊˈveɪ ʃən /


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He drew a standing ovation when he continued: “Now, as every single piece of that past and journey gets dug up, litigated and weaponized, you have my back.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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

No. "I don't know, Tiny, but whatever you're worried about, you're bigger than the worries. You're gonna kill out there. The ovation will last for hours. Longer than the play itself."

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan




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