as in mobilization
an act of gathering forces together to renew or attempt an effort
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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as in joking
marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing
he took his friends' rallying remarks about his girlfriend good-naturedly
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as in mobilizing
to assemble and make ready for action
rallied the Red Cross workers to deal with the devastating earthquake
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as in recovering
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
despite the best care that medicine could provide, the elderly woman never really rallied from her fractured hip
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as in rebounding
to regain a former or normal state
after wavering a moment on the balance beam, she quickly rallied and finished with a fine dismount
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as in teasing
to make fun of in a good-natured way
his friends rallied him for missing an easy putt
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Recent Examples of rallying
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
And so when the girls of U-46 break a huddle, forgive the limitation of their rallying cry.
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Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
Alexa Newsom,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
Denton in recent years faced protests with thousands rallying for police accountability after the death of George Floyd.
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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Noun
Not long after the Spurs’ bags were loaded onto their charter plane bound for the Big Apple, Popovich — who was not joining the team on the trip — made his way onto the plane and gave a rare rallying cry to remember.
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Sam Amick,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
And so when the girls of U-46 break a huddle, forgive the limitation of their rallying cry.
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Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Adjective
And, unlike most other countries in wartime that have been attacked, there was no rallying effect for the government after October 7th.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
Jorge Bajaña, from Ecuador, said the nation is rallying around the team and hoping for a strong performance against Curaçao on Saturday and against Germany on June 25.
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Alexa Newsom,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
Denton in recent years faced protests with thousands rallying for police accountability after the death of George Floyd.
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rallying
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Fear becomes mobilization, and mobilization becomes demands for exclusion, detention, deportation or harsher border enforcement.
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On the left, labor unions and indigenous organizations increasingly believe aggressive street mobilization works.
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To get a sense of his whole deal, look no further than the half-mocking, half-earnest title of his latest album, Country!
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Former Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun received a 30-year term for his central role in mobilizing the military to enforce martial law and seeking the arrests of Yoon’s political opponents, as well as a separate 30-year sentence for planning drone flights over Pyongyang.
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That means mobilizing the country’s entrepreneurial energy, extreme risk-taking culture, and deep pools of capital to pioneer new areas of technology.
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The consensus seems to be that the Mavs will target a point guard, which makes sense as the Mavs’ current lead guard, Kyrie Irving, is 34 and missed all of last season recovering from a torn ACL.
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Simms had surgery on her leg, was released from the hospital and is recovering at home.
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Throw in high steal rates the past two seasons in a solid conference, solid defensive work overall, plus-rebounding for his position and his ability to get free points in transition, and the outlines of a role-playing wing are there.
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Valkyries win rebounding battle Despite being undersized at nearly every position, the Valkyries outrebounded the Wings 41-25.
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The pop singer has been teasing her return to music over the past few weeks with cryptic posts on social media featuring various images accompanied locations, dates and times.
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Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, took over as chief executive of Relativity a little more than a year ago, teasing new areas of focus such as orbital data centers, philanthropic space science ventures, and national security missions.
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Freedom 250 proves controversial Trump held this week's rally on the National Mall under the auspices of Freedom 250.
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What made this rally especially remarkable, however, was that every run came with two outs.
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There were the polite claps after good attacks by the Swiss, sarcastic whistles by the Qatari fans after their team again failed to mount a threat.
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When the 10th batter (Dalton Rushing) struck out for the first out of the inning, the diminished number of Pirates fans still on hand gave a sarcastic cheer for their team’s stick-to-itiveness.
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“Rallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rallying. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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