chant
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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
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
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
Malik likes to cheer and chant and goof around almost as much as I do.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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Half-hearted shouts of “¡Sí se puede!” gave way to authentically boisterous chants of “Be-ce-rra!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
The 19-year-old winger was an unused substitute for the midweek penalty shootout defeat by Liverpool but was still serenaded with chants from away fans at Anfield.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Only the chants of “Let’s Go Brewers!” echoing off the roof remained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
It won’t be long before chants of “Ma-muuuuuuuu” fill Crypto.com Arena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Exuberant chants of “Boobie!” echoed through the room, and the world belonged to him.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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Carrick gestured towards the Stretford End as they chanted his name after the match.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
"Guard, guard, strength, strength, for my people, for my land," the guards chanted as they held their traditional wooden staffs aloft during the gathering in Caloto in violence-plagued Cauca department.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 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
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
So that at eight in the morning half the town was in the square, where Father Nicanor chanted the gospels in a voice that had been lacerated by his pleading.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Thousands of people lined highways, toll plazas and city streets waving Venezuelan flags and chanting "Liberty!" as a beaming Machado entered the capital in a convoy of cars and motorbikes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 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
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
When we get outside, there’s a large group of people chanting and holding up signs, blocking our way.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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