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- noun Plural form of
ovation .
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Examples
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Cain drew frenzied ovations from a crowd waving Halloween-colored orange pompoms, a day after the Giants won the opener 11-7.
World Series Game 2: Giants Bats Explode Again, 9-0 Over Rangers AP 2010
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Except for 20 sign-carrying protesters outside Heinz Field, that anger wasn't evident as Roethlisberger received numerous loud ovations from the standing-room crowd of 65,168.
Ben Roethlisberger Throws 3 TDs In First Game Back, Steelers Beat Browns 28-10 AP 2010
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But Cilic broke in the second game of the fourth and held on to win with a crosscourt forehand, prompting standing ovations from the boisterous crowd.
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The majority of in ovations in browsers in the last 10 years have been created by Opera.
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So Gordon Brown has received a number of standing ovations from the US Congress for what was a proficient and actually rather fluent speech to them today.
How many standing ovations would you trade in ? Norfolk Blogger 2009
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Cain drew frenzied ovations from a crowd waving Halloween-colored orange pompoms, a day after the Giants won the opener 11-7.
World Series Game 2: Giants Bats Explode Again, 9-0 Over Rangers AP 2010
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So Gordon Brown has received a number of standing ovations from the US Congress for what was a proficient and actually rather fluent speech to them today.
Archive 2009-03-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009
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Notes: Several members of the Detroit Tigers attended the game and got ovations from the crowd despite their 0-4 start.
USATODAY.com 2007
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Notes: Miller and Smith received nice ovations from the crowd when they entered the game at separate points in the first quarter. ...
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After Modano earned two ovations from the San Jose crowd, the rest of the night belonged to Turco and the Dallas defense.
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