chant
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Sevda then stood on a dustbin and began leading a chant.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
“La Marseillaise,” a war chant that became the national anthem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
He led a “Where is James Talarico?” chant at a rally.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
The crowd erupted as the opening chant of Bang Bang Bang echoed before the band even walked out, while their iconic 2008 ballad Haru Haru produced a massive stadium-wide singalong.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Robert Plant’s voice wails above it all like some sort of religious chant.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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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
When Brighton lost at home to Crystal Palace in February, Fabian Hurzeler was booed by his own supporters and subjected to chants of "you're getting sacked in the morning".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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
At the grave site, standing with Ernest, Mollie could hear the old people’s song of death, their chants interspersed with weeping.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Carrick gestured towards the Stretford End as they chanted his name after the match.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 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
Around 30 PTI supporters in Peshawar briefly chanted slogans demanding Khan's release before being dispersed by police, only to return shortly afterwards in a game of cat and mouse, AFP journalists witnessed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 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
“Speech all done! Speech all done!” the boys chanted, still in high spirits from their success with the tableaux.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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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
An AFP journalist saw hundreds of protesters stretching several blocks in Manhattan on Friday chanting "No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here" and "No ICE."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
I rested my hand on a small patch of bandages while Audrey and Mother rushed around me, chanting and tapping.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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