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as in vocalizing
to produce musical sounds with the voice
monks chanting fervently at matins
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Recent Examples of chanting
For the most part, the Croatia and England fans were a happy, cheerful bunch, sporting their teams colors, chanting happy tunes and enjoying the unique experience.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
Excitement was high for the first Kansas City match, with fans on both sides chanting and hyping themselves prior to the match.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
Bars are the clear winner of these opening matches with fans spotted dancing on tables, chanting their lungs out, and depleting establishments of all libations.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Dressed in team colors, chanting supporters transformed the stadium gates and parking lots into a festive celebration hours before kickoff at the tournament’s Miami venue.
—Carline Jean, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
Earlier, between 100 and 150 people had gathered in Geneva for a protest bicycle ride, slowing down traffic and chanting anti-G7 and pro-Palestinian slogans, public broadcaster RTS reported.
—ABC News, 14 June 2026
Similar scenes were seen in New York City where supporters spilled onto the streets after the game, chanting and waving the team’s flags as some jumped onto cars and climbed onto lampposts.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 11 June 2026
In Section 535, no one was chanting about affordability.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Forming, and maintaining, a union is not like the video clips on television, with protesters beating drums, chanting slogans, and raising clenched fists in solidarity!
—John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
Excitement was high for the first Kansas City match, with fans on both sides chanting and hyping themselves prior to the match.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
Bars are the clear winner of these opening matches with fans spotted dancing on tables, chanting their lungs out, and depleting establishments of all libations.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Dressed in team colors, chanting supporters transformed the stadium gates and parking lots into a festive celebration hours before kickoff at the tournament’s Miami venue.
—Carline Jean, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
Earlier, between 100 and 150 people had gathered in Geneva for a protest bicycle ride, slowing down traffic and chanting anti-G7 and pro-Palestinian slogans, public broadcaster RTS reported.
—ABC News, 14 June 2026
Similar scenes were seen in New York City where supporters spilled onto the streets after the game, chanting and waving the team’s flags as some jumped onto cars and climbed onto lampposts.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 11 June 2026
In Section 535, no one was chanting about affordability.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Forming, and maintaining, a union is not like the video clips on television, with protesters beating drums, chanting slogans, and raising clenched fists in solidarity!
—John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanting
intoning
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When reading Blake in a Harlem apartment in 1948, Ginsberg was struck with a vision of the Romantic poet, intoning his own verse in his own voice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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The news site Deadspin took clips of different anchors intoning the same words and laid them over one another to make a hellish cacophony.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Chanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanting. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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