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chanting

  • present participle of chant.
  • a word derived from chant.

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Chanting at the front of picket lines, strands of gray in her hair, in the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Chanting, dancing and waving blue-and-white Israeli flags, the marchers made their way through the Old City’s Damascus Gate into largely Palestinian areas of Jerusalem’s Old City.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Chanting “Women! Life! Freedom!,” the crowds held her portrait and rallied around the memory of a young woman who died on Sept. 16, 2022, after she was arrested for allegedly violating Iran’s mandatory headscarf law.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2023

"Chanting, feet stomping, drums, vuvuzelas, yelling, shouting, singing, dancing - a whole other level of loudness."

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023

“Are you waiting for this bus? Are you going to Chanting Falls?’

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech