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chant

[chant, chahnt] / tʃænt, tʃɑnt /




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“I’m much more comfortable when people chant things like ‘Let’s sue it’, because that’s the work that we’re going to do,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

She turned the phrase “Sí, se puede!” into a chant that animated rallies and marches well into a new century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“La Marseillaise,” a war chant that became the national anthem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

There was a chant about playing Stockport away and the gallows humour continued when City fans sang 'You're going down with the City' to Ipswich's travelling support.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

A group of kids booed until Ellie got us going on a protest chant.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

It won’t be long before chants of “Ma-muuuuuuuu” fill Crypto.com Arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

Days before, he delivered a characteristically crude address that singled out CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins in front of a hostile crowd, eliciting angry boos and vicious chants.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

The head of the Catholic Church blessed several babies as he stopped at different stages along the avenue as chants of "Leo, Leo" rang out.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Our cheerleaders are working on annoying chants that end in lots of buzzing.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Crowds chanted "Ole, ole, ole, Leon, Leon", waved yellow-and-white Vatican flags, and packed a kilometres-long stretch of Avenida del Libertador while giant screens relayed images of the pope's journey through the city.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

United fans once again chanted their opposition to a new stadium at Stamford Bridge during the Chelsea defeat.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Fans chanted this month for the firing of football coach Lincoln Riley — after years of underachieving — though the Trojans have defeated Washington and Penn State after an Oregon loss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the capital's central third district on Monday morning, dozens of teenage students chanted in protest, as cars honked their horns in support while driving past, while others made their way into class.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Finally, with the help of several cranes provided by the city government, the statue known locally as "Iron Felix" soon lay in pieces on the ground, as the crowd chanted "Down with the KGB!"

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Bass had a warm reception at her election night party, with supporters chanting “four more years!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

When Huerta relayed this exchange to a meeting of farmworkers later that night, the whole room jumped out of their seats and started chanting the line: “Sí, se puede! Sí, se puede!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Photos and video from the event showed students waving signs and chanting slogans like “58, out of date, let our onions speculate!”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Footage showed the two - along with others - climbing over police barricades before chanting slogans while holding the Indian flag.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

I don’t start chanting, and I don’t start clapping.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner


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