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"The only acceptable reason to sing that anthem would be if they were playing a Canadian team, but they don't play any Canadian teams," posted one fan on social media.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“It’s great for people to sing the song, but don’t do it so loud that I can’t hear the person who I paid to sing to me,” Schaefer said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Palestinian herder Mohammed Emar has set up a fully functional home for his family where his daughters can even sing karaoke.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Mervyn would sing in church and so when the Farmers' Choir restarted in nearby Ballymena that autumn, he decided to give it a go.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
One last strum through C major, the sound of everything being okay, and I sing the opening line: “This song is your Valentine card. In it are all the words I could never say.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"You sang the Canadian anthem because it needed to happen," Grier said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Fast forward four years, and Mervyn has sang for the King, met musical royalty and his choir is up for a national award.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He sang for an hour and a half straight, and the last song was as strong as the first.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
At the Emmys on Monday, Reba McEntire sang a soulful tribute to Parton with a cover of her 1983 song “Appalachian Mountains,” one of McEntire’s all-time favorites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Crickets chirped and night birds sang around them.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Grier said that singing the Canadian anthem tonight is "not that polarising of a thing".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Allegedly, somewhere out there De Palma’s original three-hour cut exists, one that so impressed Ellroy that he devoted an entire essay to singing its praises called “The Hillikers.”
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Young Marian began singing in her church’s junior choir at the age of 6.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Reeves, with the Del-Phis singing backup, filled in for Wells, and Motown was so impressed, the label signed the group to the Gordy label in 1962, sans Williams, who left the group around this time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Oteg rounded the steep turn, singing at the top of his big voice, and pulled up behind me.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
At a Buffalo Sabres playoff ice hockey game in April, a microphone died while the Canadian anthem was being sung and the audience's voices filled in.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
It was noticeable many songs were sung in direct protest against Ratcliffe, as well as the Glazers.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Dion appeared at the Eiffel Tower for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics that same year, with her show-stealing performance later becoming the subject of speculation about whether she had sung or lip-synched.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Life begins as a fanfare — a regal entry heralded by brass — and ends as a solo cello lament and the serene acceptance of death as sung by a choir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The introductory psalm to the Grace was sung together, and then Reb Saunders began the Grace.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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