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• n  enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)

• The audience leaps to a standing ovation well before he takes a deep breath and kills the famous coda.
• The audience exploded into a minute-long standing ovation.
• A teenager in the audience drew a standing ovation when he asked the former Delaware Governor whether he agreed that AIDS was a sign from God that homosexuality is an "abomination.

• standing ovation

News & Articles

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• Ellisville Mayor Leads City Council Meeting After Booted From Office
  ELLISVILLE, MO (KTVI)– It was a triumphant return to a standing ovation for the Ellisville Mayor, Adam Paul, Tuesday night...
  June 12, 2013 - KPLR 11 St. Louis
• Catholic parishioners applaud pastor’s words and give standing ovation
  The Rev. Raymond Thomas appeared teary-eyed at Sunday’s 11 a.m. Mass as parishioners gave him a standing ovation at Our Lady of Peace Parish at Mt. Carmel.
  June 11, 2013 - Star Beacon
• Nathan Baird: Leukemia battle unites Central Catholic, Winamac families
  The standing ovation in the Purdue Memorial Union ballroom started around 8:15 p.m. Monday night.
  June 11, 2013 - Journal & Courier

Quotes

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• LeBron James in New York Daily News
  I've dreamed about playing well in this building,James said after his fifth career 50-point game. "To get a standing ovation in the greatest basketball arena in the world, it is one of the best things that has ever happened to me."
• Tim Tebow in Dayton Daily News
  It was one of the loudest rounds of ovation and applause that I have been a part of in my entire life,Tebow said Monday. "The team, the players clapped probably for three or four minutes and didn't stop. You could see coach Addazio getting...
• Ivan Rodriguez in USA Today
  It was awesome,Rodriguez said after the game. "What happened today out there was unbelievable. A standing ovation my first time up, it was awesome. I got some goose bumps when that happened. The video that they did in the third inning was...