salute
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The Chinese were careful to appeal to Trump's love of pomp, greeting him with marching bands, soldiers in lockstep and a cannon salute that echoed through Tiananmen Square.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
That design element is a salute to the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, where 10 vintage Cadillacs are buried nose-first in the ground that to many resembles a 20th century Stonehenge.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
The obscure answer: the tiny Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, which returned a friendly American warship’s 13-gun salute on Nov. 16, 1776.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Those who gathered ahead of the King's appearance saw a marching band and military procession pass through the town, before his arrival was marked with a 21-gun salute.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
A group of ClockWatchers—half of them women, and half of them men—all in matching blue suits, raised brown leather briefcases in an affirmative salute.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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