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“La Marseillaise,” a war chant that became the national anthem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Lewis-Michelson has the résumé you’d expect of a finalist: She sang the national anthem at Fenway Park when she was 12, and reviews Dunkin’ drinks in her free time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The US anthem is played or performed at the start of most professional sports games.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Her students have taken to singing La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, in protest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The seal of the Capitol shines above me and the anthem blares out.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

The cacophony of boos that greet the Premier League and Champions League anthems before kick-off have now become a fixture at Etihad Stadium.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The noise built through the warm-ups, in the tunnel and during the anthems, until, finally, Haaland emerged into the blazing sunshine and took a long blue-eyed stare across the pitch at the five-time world champions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Brass bands pound out songs and pop anthems with thumping beats such as Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” and Robbie Williams’ “Angels” as thousands of voices roar along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Take a bite out of history: In Part 2 of its series on McGruff the Crime Dog, Slate’s Decoder Ring podcast asks the question: Did a trench-coat-wearing dog’s catchy anti-drug anthems actually work?

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

Hence “black is beautiful” and “gay pride”—slogans and anthems of political movements aimed at ending not only legal discrimination, but the stigma that justified it.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander