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Recent Examples of intonatePerforming in front of dumpsters, Platt first intonated his voice in an operatic fashion.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
The guests included many political VIPs, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and FBI Director Kash Patel, whose girlfriend Alexis Wilkins sang the national anthem.
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Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Follow the babe with the power into Jim Henson’s gloriously weird fantasy wonderland, where goblins sing, doors argue, and David Bowie’s Goblin King serves enough glam-rock charisma to power an entire kingdom.
Even as a large number of fans at Miami Stadium chanted for Uruguay throughout Sunday's match, Cape Verdean players seemed undaunted.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
While there were no vuvuzelas, the plastic trumpets that put South Africa on the map during the 2010 World Cup, there was lots of chanting and cheering on site.