: 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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Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Ryan Regan has spent considerable time and energy rallying his neighbors to oppose the development in the hopes of convincing the Benbrook City Council to reject the planning and zoning commission’s recommendation.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2025
Corporate tax rates have been a political rallying cry for decades on both sides of the aisle.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
And yet, despite serving as a rallying cry among Democrats nationally, this gambit by Texas Democrats is going to fail if history is to be a guide.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Yet, despite his rallying against the establishment, the party apparatus inserted itself heavily in the race as individuals came in across the country and started instructing local leaders and volunteers on how to run things, Agyekum said.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Ryan Regan has spent considerable time and energy rallying his neighbors to oppose the development in the hopes of convincing the Benbrook City Council to reject the planning and zoning commission’s recommendation.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2025
Corporate tax rates have been a political rallying cry for decades on both sides of the aisle.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
And yet, despite serving as a rallying cry among Democrats nationally, this gambit by Texas Democrats is going to fail if history is to be a guide.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Rallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rallying. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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