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The 10th anniversary of Miranda’s Tony Award-winning, culturally transformative musical “Hamilton,” with the duel as its centerpiece, has occasioned a new wave of critical hosannas.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer joined with hosannas, proclaiming it “a royal necklace across the bosom of the Queen City.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022

As it went down, hosannas of triumph rang out in a surprised Washington.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2021

The Internet was a principal culprit, he added, “offering worldwide distribution but substituting the gripes and hosannas of ordinary readers for the authority of trained and experienced critics.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2021

Messner and Habeler’s historic deed was not greeted with hosannas in all quarters, however, especially among the Sherpas.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer