: 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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Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2025
Alpine fizzled out in the ‘90s, so the A110 is a reboot to France’s great sports car marque, with legendary campaigns in endurance racing and rallying.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Beyond a few rallying speeches in presidential election years, Obama appeared to have put his political days very much behind him.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
His plight meanwhile became a rallying cry for supporters of Indian secularism.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
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Noun
And so [the book is] a rallying cry.
—Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2025
Alpine fizzled out in the ‘90s, so the A110 is a reboot to France’s great sports car marque, with legendary campaigns in endurance racing and rallying.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Beyond a few rallying speeches in presidential election years, Obama appeared to have put his political days very much behind him.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
His plight meanwhile became a rallying cry for supporters of Indian secularism.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Rallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rallying. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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