: marked by the enthusiastic expression of college spirit
rah-rah cheerleaders
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Bones is a pretty stellar action heroine, if only for her rah-rah speeches and her maniacal laughter in the face of men who seek to control her.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Tracks sputtered and rang out with rah-rah rattlesnake sibilance.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2026
And culture is not necessarily rah-rah.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
There's no rah-rah patriotism; there's no epic grandstanding.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Of course, his leadership style is not just bluster and rah-rah speeches.
—The Athletic Peak Staff, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
There’s not much time for great rah-rah speeches or dramatic changes to the game plan during an NFL halftime, which is only 14 minutes from the time the players begin departing for their locker room.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 22 Dec. 2025
There’s the Mamdani fever version of this and the Blue Wave rah-rah of recent trouncings by more moderate Democrats in coastal states.
—Sam Lipsyte, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
After some apparent delays, Speed’s massive tour bus, trailed by a convoy of black SUVs, rolled up to the entrance of the Coliseum, where it was greeted with a rah-rah routine from University of Southern California cheerleaders and a drone filming his big entrance from above.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Tracks sputtered and rang out with rah-rah rattlesnake sibilance.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2026
And culture is not necessarily rah-rah.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
There's no rah-rah patriotism; there's no epic grandstanding.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Of course, his leadership style is not just bluster and rah-rah speeches.
—The Athletic Peak Staff, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
There’s not much time for great rah-rah speeches or dramatic changes to the game plan during an NFL halftime, which is only 14 minutes from the time the players begin departing for their locker room.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 22 Dec. 2025
There’s the Mamdani fever version of this and the Blue Wave rah-rah of recent trouncings by more moderate Democrats in coastal states.
—Sam Lipsyte, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
After some apparent delays, Speed’s massive tour bus, trailed by a convoy of black SUVs, rolled up to the entrance of the Coliseum, where it was greeted with a rah-rah routine from University of Southern California cheerleaders and a drone filming his big entrance from above.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Rah-rah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rah-rah. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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