serenade
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It also found that he arranged for a singer to serenade the staffer on her birthday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
After a mambo-fied performance of her title track from her 2025 album, “Tropicoqueta,” she perched atop a ginormous macaw to serenade the crowd with her bilingual merengue romántico, “Papasito.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Snoop Dogg has asked fans to serenade him by twirling towels on his first visit to the club.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
The rain did not dampen the spirits of a hearty and colourful band of about two dozen Zimbabwe fans, who danced and sang throughout the damp afternoon to serenade their team's qualification.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
And he would serenade the oysters of Chesapeake Bay with the hymns the brothers Wesley had written to bring sinners to repentance and praise.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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"She was always singing serenades at home and I was always listening. It is thanks to her that I have this taste for music and that I deeply love singing," she added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
The holiday serenades, decorations dating back to the 1930s and a Christmas tree with more than 14,000 lights are part of the draw.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
The moment - during part of the show where Martin serenades audience members with an improvised song - went viral, and has reportedly led to at least one divorce.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Bublé plays himself and serenades an audience during a beach concert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
My grandfather, who had sat through the clarinet serenades as he sat through everything, aware of their significance but unconvinced of the wisdom of getting involved, now glared at his son.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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The Kiwi left-hander was being serenaded from the stands as the runs required ticked away, but he had to drag himself from the middle with 44 runs still needed.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
The marathon ended Sunday with Dudamel literally enthroned by, and serenaded by, Chris Martin of the band Coldplay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
He was serenaded by those inside the Stade Pierre-Mauroy after helping Lille defeat Real Madrid in the Champions League on his 17th birthday.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Bieber later took the stage and serenaded his wife with his hit “One Less Lonely Girl.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
The common was peaceful and sunny; butterflies perched on thistle flowers and grasshoppers serenaded each other with their ceaseless cadences.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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The only difference is now Jaime won’t be serenading you with “Bésame Mucho” while you’re eating your quesadilla.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Four goals plus an excellent assist for Harry Kane's goal in the 2-0 win over Panama has had England's supporters serenading the 23-year-old here in the USA.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Italian right-wing tabloid Libero published a front-page cartoon of Trump serenading Meloni with the headline “It’s love again.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Lopez silenced most of the sellout crowd of 7,042, making it easy to hear USC fans serenading him during the College Station Regional Final.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
As though he were serenading the rising sun, Jack went on blowing till the shelters were astir and the hunters crept to the platform and the littluns whimpered as now they so frequently did.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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