Definition of RALLYING

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the rallying of students to support our petition for better bus service was made a lot easier by this morning's subzero temperatures

Recent Examples on the Web Trump spent weeks ahead of the midterm election rallying fears over a migrant caravan heading toward the border and promised voters that Republicans would bring tougher border security. — Lisa Mascaro, The Seattle Times, "Government funding, border wall await lame-duck Congress," 13 Nov. 2018 Karvelis said there were some thoughts of rallying until lawmakers went into special session to deal with the group’s remaining education-funding demands, including the restoration of about $1 billion a year in school funding. — Ricardo Cano, azcentral, "Arizona's #RedForEd movement evolves into quieter, broader political force," 24 June 2018 So, there's going to be a lot of rallying to that effect and, of course, a lot of cheering for what just happened with the release of the prisoners from North Korea. — Fox News, "Lt. Col. Michael Waltz on tensions between Iran, Israel," 11 May 2018 The promise to build a giant temple at the purported site of Lord Rama’s birth has been a rallying cry for Hindu nationalists since the 1980s, and a fixture of the BJP’s election manifestos since 1996. — The Economist, "The Supreme Court hands India’s biggest communal flashpoint to Hindus," 14 Nov. 2019 After using Kaepernick’s protest against social injustice as a political rallying cry with his right-wing base for months, Trump suddenly retreated. — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, "Opinion: Colin Kaepernick is about to get what he deserves: a chance," 14 Nov. 2019 The speech wasn’t billed as a political rallying cry for support from the silent majority. — BostonGlobe.com, "Fifty years ago Sunday night, President Richard M. Nixon sat in the Oval Office and delivered a nationally televised speech whose content is almost universally forgotten today, but, like so many major presidential addresses, is remembered for one phrase: “silent majority.’’," 3 Nov. 2019 When Beto O’Rourke called for gun confiscation, our Charlie Cooke instantly recognized and explained how Beto’s debate-stage rallying cry undid decades of work by the gun-control movement. — Jim Geraghty, National Review, "National Review versus The Circus of Liars," 15 Oct. 2019 Jeannie Mok, a 19-year-old student who was protesting on the Kowloon Peninsula on Sunday, said the ban had given the movement another rallying cry. — New York Times, "Hong Kong Rallies Turn Violent After Thousands Defy Face Mask Ban," 6 Oct. 2019

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