anthem
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The US anthem is played or performed at the start of most professional sports games.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Her students have taken to singing La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, in protest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Standing on the field before Game 1 during the national anthem, he thought about his family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“His anthem, his law, hammered, hammered, into me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Maybe they are taking us back to the front,” Alhaji said, and for some reason we all started singing the national anthem, marching to the vehicles.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
"I can't remember a Premier League or Champions League home game where the anthems haven't been booed," City season-ticket holder Dave Wilson told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
A DJ kicked things off on Friday night with the crowd dancing along to classic singalong anthems and crowd-pleasing favourites, with presenters Sara Cox, Gary Davies, DJ Spoony, Michelle Visage and Rylan.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Take a bite out of history: In Part 2 of its series on McGruff the Crime Dog, Slate’s Decoder Ring podcast asks the question: Did a trench-coat-wearing dog’s catchy anti-drug anthems actually work?
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Mahalia Jackson’s gospel anthems and Harry Belafonte’s interpretations of calypso music took on special relevance for the civil-rights movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Whistles blew and a band played both the Brazilian and American national anthems.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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