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Saluted Larry Kramer eloquently and did herself proud.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2011

Saluted by beaming policemen, chattering lightheartedly, fluttering in their bright kimonas like iridescent butterflies, 2,000 geisha girls flocked last week to the spacious park of their famed Yoshiwara quarter in Tokyo.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Europa Saluted us as we passed her, which we return'd.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James

He whom God had thus preferred,— To whom sweet angels ministered, Saluted him each morn as brother, And bragged his virtues to each other,— Alas! how were they so beguiled, And they so pure?

From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Saluted with reverence by all his daughters-in-law headed by Krishna, king Dhritarashtra, endued with great intelligence, with Gandhari and Kunti, became filled with joy.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan