cattle call

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As Kate Briquelet of the Daily Beast reported from the Moms for Liberty presidential cattle call after Trump's keynote speech:

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2023

I auditioned, it was a cattle call for a bunch of young kids.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2021

And the ensemble’s performance on television — in which each dancer in a cattle call audition routine somehow stood out as a quivering individual — palpably made clear what all the excitement was about.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2020

In fact, the debates are little more than a cattle call in which contestants try mightily to stand out from the herd.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2019

The halls are nearly empty, the cattle call has passed.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan