as in folk song
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The story can be traced to a German folk song that immigrants brought to the United States.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026 -
So is the simple and slow chord progression underlying it all, making for a folk song that avoids the predictable tropes of protest music and doesn’t rely on cynicism as a dead end.—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
23 Jan. 2026
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Seriosa music, Indonesia’s unique adaptation of the Western art song, profoundly shaped his artistic identity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Nov. 2025
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The performance highlights a blend of musical theater, art song and opera, bringing together four opera singers for a program that celebrates motherhood, family, love and all that life offers.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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And the platform, which mixes highbrow political news sites with pop culture sources like People, has quietly emerged as a major force in the US information space.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Gartside tended to lead with the deconstructionist angle on his writing, and most critics seemed to take it as a given that all the lovey-dovey stuff was conceptual cleverness, a way of infiltrating pop and turning its lingua franca in on itself.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
15 Feb. 2026
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But this time, the band went into an instrumental portion and guitar solo after finishing the first chorus and omitted that verse of the song completely.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Bad Bunny became the first male solo Latin artist to perform the halftime show and the first to sing the set entirely in Spanish.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
9 Feb. 2026
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The singer's warm baritone finds its sweet spot on the song's soaring chorus, which would let Benito do some vocal flexing.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Belichick’s omission from this year’s class has drawn criticism from the football world, and Gronkowski joined that chorus in his interview.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2026
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Martine Rose spliced the center her jeans, adding a panel of leopard print for a rocker vibe.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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Additionally, Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt and rocker Jon Bon Jovi are set to make the official announcement welcoming the teams to the field before kickoff with Pratt supporting the Hawks and Bon Jovi repping the Pats.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Feb. 2026
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James Whitaker’s cinematography leans into a blue-hued, grubby aesthetic that gives the film a gritty charm, while touches like the chant that goes along with the film’s title card perfectly add to its aesthetic charms.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2026
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Near Victoria station, the Greenwood sports bar is decked out in the teal of the Jacksonville Jaguars, London's unofficial home team, with Jag-er Bombs and Duuuval Dirty Fries on the menu, a nod to Jacksonville's county and team chant.—
Toby Skinner,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Feb. 2026
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Across from the San Francisco Giants’ home base of Oracle Park, the audience swayed to British singer-songwriter Oliva Dean’s R&B-infused serenades at The One Party by Uber at Pier 48.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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There are some evenings in June when there are too many gondolas, too many lanterns, too many serenades in front of the hotels.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Part-song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/part-song. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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