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Recent Examples of fight song
The Fan's reported that Sanders had asked the school's band not to play the fight song at Folsom Field after a score by Shedeur Sanders, so his son's theme music could run.
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Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2024
Notre Dame spent this week blasting Texas A&M’s fight song and chants through its indoor facility during practice, trying everything to get ready for Kyle Field.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
There, fans sang their team's fight song loud and proud, as VR technology depicted the virus and bacteria droplets that are expelled into the air around them, and how Lysol helps kill them and keep sports fans safe.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Garbers and his teammates celebrated by sprinting over to a corner of the stadium where UCLA fans were seated, players pointing to acknowledge those who made the long trip before returning to a jubilant locker room to spray each other with water and sing the fight song.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2024
Notre Dame spent this week blasting Texas A&M’s fight song and chants through its indoor facility during practice, trying everything to get ready for Kyle Field.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
There, fans sang their team's fight song loud and proud, as VR technology depicted the virus and bacteria droplets that are expelled into the air around them, and how Lysol helps kill them and keep sports fans safe.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Garbers and his teammates celebrated by sprinting over to a corner of the stadium where UCLA fans were seated, players pointing to acknowledge those who made the long trip before returning to a jubilant locker room to spray each other with water and sing the fight song.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fight song
Noun
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Country music is known for its drinking songs, but this is just tedious.—
Jake Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 July 2024
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May 15, 2024 The pub, long known as a hangout for musicians, initially featured Irish troubadours performing drinking songs and traditional Irish ditties.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2024
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Today, a carol is a religious folk song or popular hymn (like a Christmas tune).—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Jan. 2025
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Dylan appeared in various other Greenwich Village music clubs, performing folk songs, ballads and blues.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Jan. 2025
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The music moves from inventive, engaging art song to smoldering improvisations in which Wilkins and his bandmates—anchored by his regular colleagues Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass and Kweku Sumbry on drums—push to the outer limits.—
Steve Hochman,
SPIN,
21 Oct. 2024
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As a map of Austin’s musical journey, the recital moved through spirituals and standard repertoire into 20th-century and contemporary art song and opera.—
Michael Andor Brodeur,
Washington Post,
14 Dec. 2023
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Knits were slouchy but perfectly contoured to a woman's body, jackets nipped at the waist and layered over A-line skirts and sporty trousers, fuzzy bag charms and belt charms unite, and tasteful pops of color highlight earthy tones.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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But however adaptable Malone is to rapping, singing pop and more recently going country, something didn’t click here.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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Most recently, it's yielded almost power-ballad-style torch songs as another facet of the group's success.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
18 Nov. 2024
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Yet for longtime fans of her music, the film’s original soundtrack was the true payoff from the project, with plenty of heartfelt torch songs and eye-watering balladry across a track list that Gaga helmed with producers like Dave Cobb and Lukas Nelson, and artists like Mark Ronson and Jason Isbell.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2024
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