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At home, the team is beloved as the Steel Roses, which is also the title of their theme song that millions of Chinese know by heart.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
"That's what I love," Hanley said, referring to the moment in which the images of the Beatles that fans know by heart suddenly appear right before their eyes.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023
At times, too, the production turns up the house lights to encourage spectators to sing along with numbers they know by heart.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2022
In minutes the crowd joins them, including women and children, chanting the lyrics they already know by heart, soccer-themed versions of hits by Credence Clearwater Revival, Oasis, Enrique Iglesias, Maluma and others.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2018
Then we have a looonnnnng assembly and watch Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which you know by heart from listening to it fifty-eleven times at home.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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