rally against
idiom
: to publicly showed opposition to
Students rallied against the new dress code guidelines.
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This creates a massive rift between the two, ultimately causing Maggie’s fellow students to rally against the professor.
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Barry Levitt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
The city’s budget, a City Hall overhaul, housing affordability and controversy over teardown-rebuilds are driving a slate of candidates to run to rally against changes in the city.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
There have been daily protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland as progressives rally against the administration’s hard-line policies.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Asadian, along with about 50 people from the Iranian American Community of North Texas, a non-profit organization serving the Iranian Community in North Texas, plans to represent the nearly 30,000 Iranian Americans in North Texas in the rally against the Iranian regime.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
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Barry Levitt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
The city’s budget, a City Hall overhaul, housing affordability and controversy over teardown-rebuilds are driving a slate of candidates to run to rally against changes in the city.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
There have been daily protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland as progressives rally against the administration’s hard-line policies.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Asadian, along with about 50 people from the Iranian American Community of North Texas, a non-profit organization serving the Iranian Community in North Texas, plans to represent the nearly 30,000 Iranian Americans in North Texas in the rally against the Iranian regime.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Rally against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rally%20against. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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