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Recent Examples of fight song
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.
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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
When Army plays Navy, the most stirring sight of all is what happens in the stands, when the cadets and midshipmen sing their respective fight songs, with tears in their eyes.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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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
When Army plays Navy, the most stirring sight of all is what happens in the stands, when the cadets and midshipmen sing their respective fight songs, with tears in their eyes.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 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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The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Jan. 2025
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The pic charts the relationship between two young men who meet in 1916 and travel together to record the folk songs of their countrymen in rural New England.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
1 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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Now the pop star’s former digs have resurfaced on the market, asking a smidge under $6 million.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
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McKnight received his first Grammy nomination at the 36th annual awards in 1994 for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal alongside Vanessa Williams.—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 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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