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curtain call

noun as in appearance to receive applause

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For most great pitchers, they’d only emerge for a curtain call.

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Standing ovations on Broadway are so common you might imagine the seats have been booby-trapped to eject patrons as the curtain calls begin.

Oloyede is so adept at differentiating the various male characters he plays that I was shocked that there was only one male actor at the curtain call.

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Raleigh rounded the bases, then took a curtain call in front of an ecstatic crowd that included his parents, Todd and Stephanie Raleigh.

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After more hugs with coaches and teammates in the dugout, he reemerged into view for a raucous curtain call.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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