ovation
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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
When he walked off he turned and raised his bat amid a standing ovation from The Oval crowd – as Pietersen famously did 21 years ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 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 crowd greeted this concession with a standing ovation, but Grabarek understood that he had to produce real changes, and quickly.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
The young Pakastani left the fielding to the warmest ovations.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
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
And don’t get me started on the endless, infantile standing ovations.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
Because of my ADD, I have done some wacky stuff in the past—where unfortunately, there were no standing ovations!
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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