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encore

[ahng-kawr, -kohr, ahn-] / ˈɑŋ kɔr, -koʊr, ˈɑn- /


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When I was a kid, it was a Sunday religion with a Monday night encore.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

For an encore he helped reduce Essex from 171-3 to 177 all out in the space of 26 balls, his five wickets coming in 14 deliveries without conceding a run.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

As an encore, Noseda led the overture to Bernstein’s “Candide” with real flair.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

"Back in the old days, they didn't used to helicopter off the minute they'd done the encore, they would come up and chill at the house until the roads cleared."

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

‘Well, it’s the only pig ball I have. So don’t ask for an encore.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

She was introduced by Johnny Cash and received three encores.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Its episodic encores are currently airing on Fox as a lead-in to “The Faithful,” whose showrunner, René Echevarria, is an old hand at both network and cable, and whose work includes “The 4400.”

From Salon Mar. 29, 2026

As if to signal that he wasn’t at all nervous about the sudden spotlight, at Carnegie he blazed past the concert’s two-hour running time, returning to the stage for no fewer than seven encores.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2024

Their enthusiasm delighted conductor Marin Alsop, who ordered several impromptu encores.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2023

He also organized a cadre of professional applauders, known as a “claque,” to provide enthusiastic ovations, demand encores, and cry “Brava!” for any performer willing to pay.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The band encored with their classic tune "Casino Queen," the name of a riverboat casino in East St. Louis, Illinois.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2021

Faiyaz encored with the song but directed the audience to sing along with the record, rather than singing it himself.

From Washington Post Feb. 11, 2018

A classic commercial parody was encored live: Super Bass-o-Matic, with pitchman Dan Aykroyd and Laraine Newmain repeating their performances from 1976.

From Washington Times Feb. 16, 2015

Patience among Hawks fans wore thin when Kane encored a second straight first-round postseason exit with more fraternity-house antics.

From Chicago Tribune Jun. 28, 2013

Marie Muller; and at the conclusion of the concert, in which he had encored every one of the pieces, the careful amateur from the West gave the sum of sixpence.

From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by James H. Mapleson

Love wrapped up the regular set with another brief shot of the Stones' "Sympathy" before encoring with Hole's "Doll Parts."

From Reuters Apr. 26, 2010

We applaud lustily; we begin the encoring business here, which, having once started, we do not intend to give up again.

From Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." by Jenny Wren

For an hour Mrs. Bindle's guests sang, encoring themselves with enthusiasm.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Hebert Jenkins

When he finished, and the audience was tumultuously encoring him, a hand was laid on the arm of the tallest of the three men, who stood apart from the crowd.

From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various

To think of passing over Charley’s recitation and encoring a silly old song like Lilac’s.

From White Lilac; or the Queen of the May by Amy Walton




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