ovation
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"We got a brilliant standing ovation," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fireworks went off after 11 minutes to celebrate the number 11 on his 152nd international appearance, and he was given a standing ovation when he was substituted after 62 minutes in Zenica.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The largely Hispanic congregation gave him a lively ovation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Donald helped pick up the slack Monday, and got a rollicking ovation in pregame as the last Rams defender announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The standing ovation that he received at the Watermelon Feed wasn’t particularly surprising.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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
Pedro Almodóvar didn’t know the finer points of film festival standing ovations when he first showed a movie in competition at Cannes in 1999.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
His words prompted no fewer than 12 standing ovations, suggesting his points landed with his audience.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Machado, who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, got two standing ovations from the hundreds of attendees in the room at the CeraWeek conference put on by S&P Global.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
“I got three standing ovations that night,” she said.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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