emcee
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At the opening event, the emcee announced that Sanders was in attendance and the audience rose to applaud.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Comedian Trevor Noah is slated to emcee, and singer Chappell Roan is expected to perform for deep-pocketed advertisers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
This emcee figure, a Taper innovation, replaces the DJ role of previous productions and establishes the show’s metatheatrical frame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
He’s been little more than an emcee for negotiations, but wants us to think he invented armistice.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
Roland, the regatta emcee, is at the water’s edge, a megaphone pressed to his lips.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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They are thanked, and thanked, and thanked, by the emcees and by many tributes on-screen, including multiple A.I. slop videos commemorating soldiers past and present.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Dance workshops, DJs, graffiti, and emcees will take over various spaces and the main stage will feature some of the best dancers in the world.
From BBC ● May 3, 2024
Dance teams were stationed along each of the foul lines, led by emcees who were part in-game hosts, part cheerleaders and part Vegas street performers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
Female emcees found themselves having to defend the genre as well as prove themselves worthy of holding the mic.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
How many tasteless Will Smith slap jokes will various emcees make throughout the night?
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2023
O’Brien, known for his self-deprecating humor, emceed the Oscars this year and in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Poehler has won a previous Golden Globes as a lead actress on “Parks and Recreation,” and emceed the show three times with her buddy Tina Fey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
O'Brien also twice emceed the White House Correspondents dinner.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2024
Wearing a satin Blue Crew jacket, De León emceed the one-hour-plus program attended by hundreds of baseball fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2024
When McEntire takes the stage at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas, it will be a record 17th time she’s emceed the show.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
His wide-ranging career also includes a role on the sitcom “Everybody Hates Chris,” a stint emceeing “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and turns in movies such as “Idiocracy” and “White Chicks.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Even the snobbiest TV snoots can’t resist Alan Cumming as the playfully sadistic laird of Ardross Castle, emceeing what is essentially a closed circle murder mystery.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
Anderson has been tasked with hosting at a time when emceeing awards shows is hardly a coveted job, especially after comic Jo Koy was widely roasted for his Golden Globes performance last weekend.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
Hot off the success of her first album, the 18-year-old told a newspaper that her emceeing career had a shelf life.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2022
The kid who was emceeing the rally announced the next speaker, a girl named Ishani who had survived a rain bomb in India last year.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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