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A jubilant crowd of Catholic faithful filled Madrid with chants, cheers and applause on Sunday as an open-air mass by Pope Leo XIV imbued the Spanish capital with religious fervour.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Protesters answered with chants of “Si, se puede.”

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Sitting in the center of the room, personally overseeing the tryouts, Wembanyama conducted a series of unusually loud job interviews—listening to chants, gauging volume and pressure-testing die-hard levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Suzuki added that the Angels remain focused on winning and haven’t paid the chants too much attention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Although the girls wear jeans, denoting freedom, they aren’t as noisy as they used to be; there are no chants, no catcalls.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood