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cheering

  • present participle of cheer.

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Cheering the all-of-one and one-for-all of this team of dual nationals and Americans raised abroad — or in Alabama?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

"Cheering for everyone for a great finish to the event."

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Cheering crowds waved Chinese flags at a farewell ceremony ahead of the launch, while a band played and the three astronauts saluted on stage.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

Cheering would have been the sainted Leon Panetta, former congressman, defense secretary and CIA chief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Cheering, singing patriotic songs, the men climbed into trucks and rolled down dirt roads out of the mountains to an air base.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin