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encore

[ahng-kawr, -kohr, ahn-] / ˈɑŋ kɔr, -koʊr, ˈɑn- /


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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

"Back in the old days, they didn't used to helicopter off the minute they'd done the encore, they would come up and chill at the house until the roads cleared."

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

The show, which is produced by the aggressively hip New Theater Hollywood, recently wrapped its third “season” after debuting in February and returning for an April encore.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

Kerr gave an encore performance of “Spagoni the Toreador” for oldtimes’ sake, but the greatest applause of the evening went to James, who composed a song he performed for the occasion:

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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

Bowing modestly after making his Carnegie debut with a confident, supple, eventually dazzling performance of Chopin’s 27 études, the teenage pianist Yunchan Lim had given three eloquent encores of other Chopin works.

From New York Times Feb. 22, 2024

This being the ugliest of encores, it’s worse than bad.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2023

Concerts began at 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and usually lasted an hour and a half—not including encores.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden

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

Patience among Hawks fans wore thin when Kane encored a second straight first-round postseason exit with more fraternity-house antics.

From Chicago Tribune Jun. 28, 2013

I danced; ze air vas no lighter zan I ... ze people shouted, zey called, zey encored.

From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke

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

When he finished, and the audience was tumultuously encoring him, a hand was laid on the arm of the tallest of the three men, who stood apart from the crowd.

From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various

Darbois needed a little rest, and presented her compliments to the audience and excused herself from replying to the encoring.

From The Idol of Paris by Sarah Bernhardt

Listen, they are going on with it, they are encoring something.

From Woman and Artist by Max O'Rell

For an hour Mrs. Bindle's guests sang, encoring themselves with enthusiasm.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Hebert Jenkins




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