rallying
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It became a rallying cry for activists over the following seven years, culminating in a movement in June 1987 which toppled Chun's regime.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Orange Lutheran 9, Corona 6: The Lancers won Pool D, rallying from a 5-2 deficit.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
See: There are plenty of reasons the dollar should be rallying right now — but it isn’t.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
The year before, billionaire Bill Ackman was invited for a friendly Q&A after hounding Harvard’s president out of office, and grievance-fueled media entrepreneur Bari Weiss presented a rallying plug for her Substack.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
But it’s in Paradise Lost that he’s to be found in properly blistering form—first as the defeated general rallying his troops in hell, and later as the tricksy serpent in the Garden of Eden.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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