rally against
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: to publicly showed opposition to
Students rallied against the new dress code guidelines.
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The fifth-inning rally against the Yankees Wednesday night symbolized a fundamentally excellent team that thrives on the mistakes of others.
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Jerry Beach, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Tejada was working on a project near the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica when a rally against the murder of George Floyd devolved into a ransacking of small businesses.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Last Saturday, Reed Garrett, a relief pitcher for the New York Mets, tipped his cap to this practice after the Mets’ eighth-inning rally against the Philadelphia Phillies.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2024
Unions rally in Seattle A few blocks away, the attorney general joined the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 3000 for a rally against the merger outside Seattle's City Hall.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
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Jerry Beach, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Tejada was working on a project near the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica when a rally against the murder of George Floyd devolved into a ransacking of small businesses.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Last Saturday, Reed Garrett, a relief pitcher for the New York Mets, tipped his cap to this practice after the Mets’ eighth-inning rally against the Philadelphia Phillies.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2024
Unions rally in Seattle A few blocks away, the attorney general joined the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 3000 for a rally against the merger outside Seattle's City Hall.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Rally against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rally%20against. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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