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to produce musical sounds with the voice
monks chanting fervently at matins
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Participants will feel empowered from standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity chanting slogans and waving signs their voices of dissent heard loud and clear coast to coast.
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Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
As peaceful demonstrations broke up at Mill Creek Park near the Country Club Plaza Saturday afternoon, protesters began marching along Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and chanting to a chorus of blaring car horns.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Fans were booing and chanting for the general manager to be fired.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Dozens of health care workers walked the picket line outside the medical center in Roseville Tuesday morning, chanting and carrying signs, many wearing raincoats and ponchos.
—Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The footage shows what appeared to be more than a hundred protesters gathered outside a building at night, chanting and confronting lines of armed federal personnel.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Thousands of fans waited for hours in the sun outside the venue, holding signs, banners and balloons — chanting, screaming and hoping to catch a glimpse of the star.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Rather than take care of patients in the hospital, the nurses gathered daily on the grassy shoulder of Holly Road, waving protest signs and chanting.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Actress and comedian Heather McMahan, who hosted the first tee at Bethpage Black Golf Course on Long Island, New York, was heard on videos posted to social media chanting expletives against golfer Rory McIlroy.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
As peaceful demonstrations broke up at Mill Creek Park near the Country Club Plaza Saturday afternoon, protesters began marching along Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and chanting to a chorus of blaring car horns.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Fans were booing and chanting for the general manager to be fired.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Dozens of health care workers walked the picket line outside the medical center in Roseville Tuesday morning, chanting and carrying signs, many wearing raincoats and ponchos.
—Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The footage shows what appeared to be more than a hundred protesters gathered outside a building at night, chanting and confronting lines of armed federal personnel.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Thousands of fans waited for hours in the sun outside the venue, holding signs, banners and balloons — chanting, screaming and hoping to catch a glimpse of the star.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Rather than take care of patients in the hospital, the nurses gathered daily on the grassy shoulder of Holly Road, waving protest signs and chanting.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Actress and comedian Heather McMahan, who hosted the first tee at Bethpage Black Golf Course on Long Island, New York, was heard on videos posted to social media chanting expletives against golfer Rory McIlroy.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Chanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanting. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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