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A Strictly Come Dancing judge has applauded Amy Dowden for not wearing a wig in her first appearance on the show since starting cancer treatment.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023

The Coalition for App Fairness has applauded the ACM’s decision.

From The Verge • May 2, 2022

Biden has applauded Poland and other eastern European countries for stepping up in the midst of what’s become an enormous humanitarian crisis that is only growing.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022

Fox News Channel primetime host Sean Hannity has applauded the book.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2021

The intelligence of Christendom has applauded the dignity and the pathos of these documents.

From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)