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Over the weekend, the encore presentation of the Walt Disney film took in $26 million in North America, for a global total of $86 million, according to estimates by Exhibitor Relations, a tracking firm.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
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
The little Chinese girl sat down also to play an encore of “Anitra’s Dance” by CJrieg.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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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
This being the ugliest of encores, it’s worse than bad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
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
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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
Krall encored with covers of The Band’s “Ophelia” and Bob Dylan’s “Wallflower,” before putting an old 78 on the gramophone to serenade her happy audience as they headed out of the hall.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2014
"Sure we did, all of us!" encored the cracking treble of the same tall, well-dressed young man.
From The Broken Gate A Novel by Emerson Hough
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
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
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
"They won't dream of encoring me," scoffed Anne, who was not without her own secret hopes that they would, and already visioned herself telling Matthew all about it at the next morning's breakfast table.
From Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
The wine-shop family encircled her, encoring her vociferously.
From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Marie Van Vorst
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