: 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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Brad Weisenstein, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Djokovic has made an artform of rallying from precarious positions.
—John Pye, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund made $247 billion in 2025, its management team said Thursday, thanks to rallying tech, financial and mining stocks.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
In retrospect, maybe that should’ve been viewed less as a rallying cry and more of a harbinger of what was to come in his first calendar year.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Leaders in Illinois, Massachusetts and Vermont don’t trust their residents to act responsibly enough to fulfill Adams’ rallying cry.
—Brad Weisenstein, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Djokovic has made an artform of rallying from precarious positions.
—John Pye, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund made $247 billion in 2025, its management team said Thursday, thanks to rallying tech, financial and mining stocks.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
In retrospect, maybe that should’ve been viewed less as a rallying cry and more of a harbinger of what was to come in his first calendar year.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Rallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rallying. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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