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Stephen Schwartz immediately knew what to do and added Idina’s Elphaba war cry and interplay of pushing each other out of the way.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Stephen Schwartz sort of gave me the permission to find my own war cry.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Native Maoris flown in from the Motherland also raised the roof with a Haka and war cries that carried across the harbor, goading their sailors to victory.
—George Allen, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
Proximus uses it as a war cry against his own people, dishonoring Caesar’s attempt at unanimity.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Stephen Schwartz sort of gave me the permission to find my own war cry.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Native Maoris flown in from the Motherland also raised the roof with a Haka and war cries that carried across the harbor, goading their sailors to victory.
—George Allen, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
Proximus uses it as a war cry against his own people, dishonoring Caesar’s attempt at unanimity.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for war cry
battle cry
Noun
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The clip revealed star Cynthia Erivo’s final battle cry.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
18 Nov. 2025
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In an Alameda County, Calif., courtroom, grief has turned into a battle cry for justice for Lisa Cloud, the mother of late Euphoria star Conor Angus Cloud Hickey.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
12 Nov. 2025
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