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chant

[chant, chahnt] / tʃænt, tʃɑnt /




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And, if the owner of your team tells you he could not have done that, the proper response would be to laugh, and then chant “Sell the team!”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

It was not quite a protest chant, but a verbal alarm for the neighborhood.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

That sparked more than 100 supporters of the Indian leader to chant: "Modi, Modi", leading scores of police to intervene to keep the two sides apart.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

"It's coming homes" cheers the Daily Mirror, using the football chant to mark Andy Burnham's "massive drive in building of council houses".

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

I can’t see what she does with her back to us, but she begins to chant in a language I’ve never heard before.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Draped in Palestinian flags, the coffins were carried through streets filled with nationalist songs and chants.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

That's what a winning goal in a Scottish Cup final win does, but these chants were not for his Hampden heroics as a player, rather for the way his team had responded to adversity.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Young fans slumped on sidewalks, softly singing victory chants as the city slowly came back to life.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Conductor Raphaël Pichon, leading Pygmalion, his period-instrument orchestra and chorus, padded the “Requiem” with some additional Mozart works and Gregorian chants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

In the hall, chants for Khalil go off like sirens.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

They chanted, “We are the soldiers of Seyyed Mojtaba,” using an honorific title, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

They were split by the fifth set, but as Djokovic pulled away in the tie-break, the fans chanted his name.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

The class then chanted the next word on the screen in front of them: “Peo-ple!”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

He said, however, he was impressed by a giant "Viking row" performed by Norwegian fans in the Manhattan intersection, where thousands simultaneously chanted "Row!" while pulling imaginary oars.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

The Evening Service was over very quickly, and afterward one of the younger men chanted the Havdalah, the brief service that marks the end of the Shabbat.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

A similar mentality seems to have been adopted by some Southampton fans, who were chanting "we'll spy when we want" in their Carabao Cup opener against Colchester on Saturday.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Muhammad Jawad Yaqoob had just picked up an order from the Palm Tree Kitchen on Bridge Street in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon when dozens of demonstrators passed by chanting "get them out".

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

“Everybody was chanting it. It was pretty awesome.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Outside a metro station, 18-year-old high school students Tomas Hernanz and Martin Pena still had hoarse voices after hours of chanting.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

When I looked into the temples, I could see the holy sadhus sitting in long rows, bare chested, their heads shaven, holding sacred lamps and accompanying their chanting with bells.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan




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