salute

Example Sentences

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Belarusian state media showed Kim and Lukashenko hugging at a lavish welcome programme on Wednesday involving an artillery salute and goose-stepping soldiers before a large flag-waving crowd at Kim Il Sung Square.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Anything would be better than trotting out another bog standard pro sports salute to the troops that year.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

In the following two games of the championship, against Australia and the Philippines, the players sang the national anthem and performed a salute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Smith and Carlos’ salute to Black Power is explored in HBO Max’s documentary “Fists of Freedom: The Story of the ’68 Summer Games.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

I don’t look away this time, so he does a salute toward my corner before proceeding to tell the old people looking eagerly up at him a joke about a talking muffin.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali