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rallying

American  
[ral-ee-ing] / ˈræl i ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the sport of driving in automobile rallies.


Other Word Forms

  • unrallying adjective

Etymology

Origin of rallying

First recorded in 1955–60; rally 1 + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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Target stock was rallying behind the company’s projection that sales will return to growth in the current fiscal year after three consecutive years of sales declines.

From Barron's

Not especially popular in life, he appears to have become, in death, a rallying cry for defiance.

From Los Angeles Times

Shares in the major oil companies were rallying in premarket trading.

From Barron's

It became a model they would follow in the coming decades of rallying public support during times of crises, and it set the tone for decades of hostile relations with Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the Allies occupied defeated Germany, they systematically removed the symbols and regalia of Nazi rule, as at the Nazi Party’s rallying grounds at Nuremberg.

From Salon