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Recent Examples of chant
Adam Jahns, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Fans at Soldier Field have already started chanting for his removal with Chicago now 14-29 in his two-plus seasons in charge.
—C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2024
Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
Palestinian supporters said insulting chants referencing dead children in Gaza and other incendiary actions by Maccabi fans were particularly inflammatory to Amsterdam's 13% Muslim population.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
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The fans also chanted to fire Nagy as the Bears lost their fifth consecutive game.
—Adam Jahns, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Fans at Soldier Field have already started chanting for his removal with Chicago now 14-29 in his two-plus seasons in charge.
—C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
At the rally, proponents cheered and bellowed chants calling for equality in the state’s pension system.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
Palestinian supporters said insulting chants referencing dead children in Gaza and other incendiary actions by Maccabi fans were particularly inflammatory to Amsterdam's 13% Muslim population.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
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The Atlanta Women's Chorus sings holiday songs from movies like Home Alone, Love Actually, and The Muppet Christmas Carol.Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Oppenheimer and Schmidt both wanted actors who could sing, not professional singers — a crucial distinction.Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Near the end of the last chorus, the instruments go respectfully silent as the narrator makes his confession a capella.Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Orange County Retired Educators Association: The program will include holiday musical presentations by the Apopka High School chorus and Edgewater High School chorus.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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Twain chose to write a lullaby to commemorate his adult daughter, which Stephen recites to himself wading waist-high in the Ligurian Sea.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
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Luckily, a lullaby by her mom is filled with magic that sends her off into a slumber filled with adventurous dreams.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2024
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The College Football Playoff in Atlanta is getting a serenade.Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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She was also seen receiving a package and a serenade from a mariachi band in Madrid in photos taken back in April.Tommy McArdle, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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In this release, Castro adopts his alter ego ‘Richy,’ a character inspired by the rich cultural tapestry of his native Medellín, this year accompanied by his cousin Toño, portrayed by Juanes, to create a festive anthem that honors family, music, and their heritage.Griselda Flores, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024
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The genre-bending anthem celebrates the musicians’ home of Georgia, honoring how the state shaped their careers.Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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Repetition with fidelity led, with the aid of print, to longer organized forms such as the motet, a vocal music composition, and the conductus, a Latin song with a rhythmic structure.Lynn Whidden, Scientific American, 26 July 2024
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According to Francisco, the composers represented no less than 30 print collections of solo songs, cantatas, motets, polyphonic works, settings for psalms and masses, a magnificat, a vespers service, a dozen sonatas, and scores for nine operas and other staged works.Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
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The record’s new-wave ditties are an amalgamation of strange but immediately identifiable components, chimeras of ’60s pop à la Lesley Gore and the frenzied shred of a skateboarding compilation.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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In a minute-long video posted to the app on Nov. 24, Oliver Richman, 24, posted a quick ditty as part of his personal challenge to write a song every day.Sara Belcher, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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The 34-year-old pop star closed out her history-making Eras Tour in Vancouver on Sunday, December 8, concluding her two-year run around the world.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The $100,000 monetary donation to the University of Houston Law Center's Criminal Justice Clinic from the pop star's BeyGood Foundation was announced in a press release by the university Wednesday.Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Chant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chant. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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