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Dent said she had seen contestants dress up, sing and dance in the studio.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In 2021, Covid-19 protocols meant that the chorus had to sing from the side of the stage in Alessandro Talevi’s fantastical production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
We went to his L.A. studio, and the moment he started to sing “Ritmo Babilonia,” it became a Beck song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“If there’s anything you want to hear,” she says, “you can sing it yourself.”
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
As the countess had told us, all sorts of people were there, coming and going, and everyone had a story to tell—and as it turned out, a song to sing as well.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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"We've got someone in the middle," they sang.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
One of Russia’s most popular singers, Filipp Kirkorov, sang a ditty about A7’s defiance of European sanctions in one promotional video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
She said she was shocked by the number of people who sang the music back to her, despite the album having only been released earlier this summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Appearing as Sunday's headline act, the 82-year-old US soul star sang the track, which included lyrics like: "Joy, joy, joy, freedom, always be you", after dedicating it to the audience.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
From somewhere in back of us a voice sang out the words.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The six-season role showcased her acting and singing abilities and earned her two Golden Globe nominations.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
It verifies Gloria’s singing talent and proves a perfect match for her showy, cagey persona: the love child of Marlene Dietrich and Sally Bowles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Me and my sister would turn it on religiously after school and we would start singing “Good Morning, Baltimore.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Stars and planets will become visible and birds may stop singing, as if it were night-time.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
At the top of his voice, he was singing the old mountain song ‘It’s Whippoorwill Time.’
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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BTS is the first all-South Korean act to reign over Billboard's US top singles chart, which they achieved with their 2020 track "Dynamite", their first hit sung completely in English.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
McAfee has not, however, released an album full of songs written and sung entirely by the two-time Pro Bowl selection himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The booming rock ballad Don't Look Back in Anger also took on a greater significance after it was sung, impromptu, at a vigil for those who lost their lives in the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“It’s Raining Men” didn’t strike any ominous notes as sung by the Weather Girls in 1982, when the People’s Republic of China was just three years into its catastrophic one-child policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The poet Carl Sandburg had sung its praises just two years before: “Hog Butcher for the World, / Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat..../ Stormy, husky, brawling, / City of the Big Shoulders.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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