noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
national anthem
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
national
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More and more countries compete, as nations fragment: the bands at Atlanta need the music for 197 national anthems .
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It addresses everything from how players should stand during the national anthem to how long their hair is.
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When the women reached the pole they raised the Union Jack, sang the national anthem and drank champagne.
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The sight of the flag inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that later became our national anthem .
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Singing the national anthem they pushed John through the streets, finally dumping him in the Town Mill pond.
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A woman called to say she wanted the fans to sing the national anthem .
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The police band played the national anthem .
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The room turns silent as the singing of the national anthem begins.
■ VERB
become
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He is confident that the song will become the anthem for the new All Ireland Champions on September 19.
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Released 25 years ago, the recording became the unofficial anthem of my first-ever election campaign.
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Yet it is not altogether inapt that the Hymn of Riego became the anthem of liberalism.
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The sight of the flag inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that later became our national anthem .
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This song, which has become almost the national anthem of Oc, is a secret lament for the Cathar Church.
play
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She too held her head high as they announced the fight and played the national anthems .
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The police band played the national anthem .
sing
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Jeffrey Osborne will come back to sing the national anthem .
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Even I wouldn't realise until they opened their mouths - which was only to sing the malai national anthem .
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Some memorable moments also have come during the singing of the national anthem .
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Deputies sang the national anthem when the votes reached the total of 336 required for impeachment.
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A woman called to say she wanted the fans to sing the national anthem .
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When the women reached the pole they raised the Union Jack, sang the national anthem and drank champagne.
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The room turns silent as the singing of the national anthem begins.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Surf City" was more or less the anthem of the surfer boys and girls of the '60s.
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the Olympic anthem
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the national anthem will be played by...
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Composers are also commissioned to write anthems and settings of the Eucharist for the regular round of worship.
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I might have gone myself, but where else could I hear the music that accompanied the Congregational hymns and anthems?
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One of its first actions was to endorse Putin's idea of restoring the Soviet national anthem written for Joseph Stalin.
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Since then, the official anthem has had a solid place at the Super Bowl, although sometimes both songs are sung.
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Then the barricaded rebels of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement greet the dawn with militant anthems and defiant chants.
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What Baden Powell would say to a rap anthem , one can only guess at.