It was a big space, and everyone applauded, assuming King was behind us.

CNN: For Dr. King, everybody in and nobody out

As the veterans marched through Arromanche, many of them probably for the last time, even normally detached reporters stood with everyone else and applauded them.

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His emotional mea culpa was applauded by almost everyone in Singapore.

CNN: After the Crash

We had all witnessed the awkward sight at the end of the show when four of the Spice Girls leapt to their feet as one and loudly applauded the performers, only to discover that everyone else had remained in their seats.

BBC: Is Posh the real paragon of Girl Power?

Wall Street, and some economists, applauded the interest-rate cuts, but not everyone thinks it was a good idea.

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