: the sport of driving in automobile rallies (see rally entry 2 sense 4)
rallying
2 of 2present participle of rally entry 1, rally entry 3
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Noun
the rallying of students to support our petition for better bus service was made a lot easier by this morning's subzero temperatures
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
But the rallying Cavs are still getting points at Louisville, where Miller Moss is heating up with consecutive 300-yard passing efforts.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The level of jingoism and rallying behind Modi has been very strong.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
That rallying cry came in 1981, from the crusading pastors Donald Wildmon and Jerry Falwell and the conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, who called for advertisers to boycott some 50 shows aired by the three broadcast networks.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Stocks are at all-time highs, with tech names in particular rallying even in the absence of any government data.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
But the rallying Cavs are still getting points at Louisville, where Miller Moss is heating up with consecutive 300-yard passing efforts.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The level of jingoism and rallying behind Modi has been very strong.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
That rallying cry came in 1981, from the crusading pastors Donald Wildmon and Jerry Falwell and the conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, who called for advertisers to boycott some 50 shows aired by the three broadcast networks.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Rallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rallying. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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