salute

Example Sentences

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A leading Reform candidate who appeared to perform a Nazi salute in a photo has quit ahead of the Welsh Parliament election.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Belarusian state media showed Kim and Lukashenko hugging at a lavish welcome programme on Wednesday involving an artillery salute and goose-stepping soldiers before a large flag-waving crowd at Kim Il Sung Square.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Anything would be better than trotting out another bog standard pro sports salute to the troops that year.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

In the following two games of the championship, against Australia and the Philippines, the players sang the national anthem and performed a salute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

A bearded man in a long cloak, whom Poppy introduced as Tayeb the Elder, shot a gun off into the air like a military salute.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye