How to Use the show must go on in a Sentence
the show must go on
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No matter what happens in private, both understand the show must go on.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
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The Pod Meets World podcaster knows that the show must go on, even with injuries.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
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As a theater professional, Kriger believes the show must go on.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Swift knows the show must go on and will compartmentalize her emotions for the next 3½ hours of her marathon concert.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
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However, the show must go on, and for Triple H, that will involve more than just the new episode of Raw.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
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For its part, Variety, in an editorial, argued that the show must go on.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
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Shakira proved the show must go on after slipping and falling on stage during a recent concert in El Salvador.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Feb. 2026
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Chenoweth's video was cut short when a voice on the loudspeaker announced a five-minute warning to take her place for the top of Act 2 — because the show must go on, even with the end looming.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
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But the harsh reality of the business is that the show must go on, and Today has done so without its beloved co-anchor, who really is the mooring of the morning show.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Despite the obliteration of entire Los Angeles neighborhoods, the Academy Awards decided the show must go on.
—Stephen Humphries, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
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Even after the arrest of his younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles cracked on with his workday, proving that, in the royal stratosphere, the show must go on.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
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