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"No, I stopped," said Meloni, prompting EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen to cheer "bravo".

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

When Maxey—and really, bravo for Maxey, who is the soul of this Philly team—put Game 7 with a string of fearless drives, the statement was Lazarus-like.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

You’ve created the life you wanted for yourself, and you can afford to eat in your favorite hotspots, so bravo for making it this far on your own terms.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

"There was a lot of negativity about the Seine before the Olympics. At least they have tried; they have spent £1.2bn on this clean-up project so bravo to them for doing it," Pardoe said.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024

“You mean the idiots that I handpicked for cowardice and ineptitude? Oh, yes, bravo, Your Highness. That was a masterly piece of combat,” said Ripred, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

The presence of the three bravoes at the inn was discussed, and the landlord was interrogated; but his memory was, on this point, as defective as ever.

From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni

When he returned to the kitchen, and was employed in taking the polpette from the fire, one of the bravoes approached, and said, in an under tone, “Who are those men?”

From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni

"The baffled tyrant returned to Whitehall with his company of bravoes," while the city of London sheltered Hampden and his friends.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord

Queen Eleanor descended from her throne and amid clappings and bravoes gave Richard the stalk of lilies which had served her for sceptre and was now his palm of victory.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney

With the garrison of bravoes which he kept at the castle he could defy an army, which he would have crushed in the valley beneath, before an individual could reach the summit.

From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni

The bravos and foot-stamping began the second Plácido Domingo was spotted walking onstage Sunday, leading to a standing ovation that lasted well over a minute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2019

Chicago is “a journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to the last herd of fantastic bravos that once roamed the newspaper offices of the country.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2016

At the end, the courageous cast and creative team received lusty bravos from many in the hall.

From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2016

And these—he pointed to some huge black bulls—were Percy’s toros bravos.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015

Next thing, I heave myself up and am on top, thumped all round with bravos by other riders.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

At the end of the piece, the audience bravoed noisily.

From Time Magazine Archive

Years passed and at the Metropolitan Tenor Martinelli continued to take second place to some more bravoed figure.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the curtain, a shower of roses and confetti rained down from the galleries, and the house bravoed on for half an hour of curtain calls.

From Time Magazine Archive

When it was published in London last month, British critics bravoed.

From Time Magazine Archive

If they keep hysteria at a distance for a few hours, they are bravoed from one end of the Empire to the other.

From An Ocean Tramp by William McFee

He was visibly furious when the soloists in Otello tricked him by going offstage by another exit and hiding until Toscanini was forced to face the bravoing audience alone.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, once there, the power and diamond-hard brilliance of his playing had the studio audience bravoing between movements, despite NBC's standing request to the audience not to applaud until the work is finished.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nearby, on an old-fashioned bed topped by a canopy, sat bravoing Authoress de Beauvoir.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a burst of loud bravoing and clapping.

From Mortal Coils by Aldous Huxley