applaud
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Minutes earlier, the players paraded around Azteca Stadium — traditionally an impenetrable fortress — to applaud El Tri fans with tears in their eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Personally, I applaud the president and his family, at least for their chutzpah.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Economists might applaud, but elderly voters will squawk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The British number one, who went into Queen's seeking to regain her form after a season disrupted by illness and injury, jumped for joy on sealing her victory as the crowd rose to applaud her.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
I reached the end of my tune thinking he might take this as an opportunity to applaud or maybe even apologize for underestimating me.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Grimes applauds the couple’s thinking about ways to stay in their home should disability strike, and their willingness to contemplate a move into retirement housing if needed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
When I arrive at Sudan’s new place for this interview and photo shoot, having heard the vision months earlier while sitting in her old house after a party, my heart applauds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
Most researchers in the green electronics field are searching for alternatives to the rare and expensive materials used in electronic circuitry, so Santato applauds Nair and the team for targeting the underlying circuit board instead.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 24, 2024
The idea is something Libby Christensen, a state food and agriculture specialist at Colorado State University Extension, applauds.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024
No one applauds, because Dad isn’t home yet.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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This was Lexi Minetree's first major acting role, and her performance has been applauded by critics - in particular, her ability to impersonate Witherspoon's Elle Woods, which The New York post described as "astoundingly good".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Multiple industry sources applauded the move, saying it keeps Fox focused on data and live programming rather than vast content libraries — something that rival streamers like Disney+
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
He urged "those who organise death routes, traffic in human beings" to "stop and repent", raising his voice for emphasis as the crowd applauded.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
So, Ms. Super, who rang the closing bell on June 2 at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the new ticker, is to be applauded for the rebranding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The audience stood and applauded for more than ten minutes.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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The audience gasped during the speech and were "irritated and annoyed" that someone had been on their phone, before cheering and applauding when the speech was over, the BBC understands.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The wistful, lovely song is accompanied by weird visuals of the aliens, who look like praying mantises, admiring the human specimen through the room’s windows, applauding when she goes to the bathroom and taking pictures.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
“We should be applauding Ken for spending $238 million in NYC, not attacking him for doing so,” Ackman wrote on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Who do you think the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ voters are more comfortable with applauding?
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
A procession of uncles, aunts, and cousins followed as we made our way through the hall, parting a sea of applauding guests, blinking at flashing cameras.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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