chant
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The chant roars through the sports center as Sen. Dan Sullivan revs up the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
He led a “Where is James Talarico?” chant at a rally.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
Alongside the normal applause and cheers, they were greeted with a chant that isn't a regular from the songbook.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
For the Chargers, that singsong, taunting “Raiii-derrrs” chant will surely haunt their dreams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Before long, everybody in the gymnasium had picked up the chant again.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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Leaving the theater, he chants, “I want to be a paratrooper, I want to be a paratrooper.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It was startling at the time to hear those chants.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
You know, that place at the end of the Padres’ incessant “Beat L.A.” chants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Cheers throughout the room, followed by group chants of “YOLO! YOLO!”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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The set starts reasonably well with the title track, a bouncy synthetic confection with chanted verses that recalls hits from Kesha.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Ted, you suck! Ted, you suck!” several hundred students chanted for nearly 10 minutes on Saturday morning, standing behind the Republican and booing as Davis attempted to conduct a one-on-one interview.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Protesters chanted slogans against Sheinbaum and a group burned a cardboard effigy of her.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Angels fans who chanted “sell the team” loudly during games this season got their wish, with Rams owner Stan Kroenke agreeing to buy it on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"I've got a let-ter," Joan chanted, poking her tousled head inside my door.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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SHANGRI-LA, China—When China’s masses want to experience the Tibet of chanting, crimson-robed monks and prayer flags flapping in the wind, they don’t go to Tibet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Some protesters stopped police vans from advancing by standing in front of them and chanting "shame on you" and "deport the lot".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Soon, the police were there in force, but the dedication of the outraged, chanting crowd demanding the men’s release ensured this would be no ordinary standoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
In the pouring rain, around 50 protesters with umbrellas gathered outside Istanbul's Caglayan courthouse under the watch of several dozen police, chanting: "Denis Goktas is not alone!"
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Then their three young children, two boys and a girl, start chanting, “Please, please, please! Teach us, teach us!”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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