: marked by the enthusiastic expression of college spirit
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That might sound like a rah-rah way of putting lipstick on a Bulldogs offense that has not been particularly great at anything.
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Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Part of the kick on Brat is Charli’s delirious solipsism, all synthetic robot rah-rah in the beats, but with vocals swerving between defiant egomania and vulnerably tormented self-doubt.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
The sentiment—rah-rah but respectful of the ancestors’ blood—got lent to the Olympics, which counted Beyoncé as one of its celebrity endorsers.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
The game’s best player is also the Dodgers’ rah-rah guy.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Sep. 2024
There’s no rah-rah patriotism; there’s no epic grandstanding.
—EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
There was no rah-rah varnish to the story — this was brutal, bloody, and raw.
—Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024
There was also a black tabard, which isn’t a million miles away from the first piece Trotter ever made: a tank top to wear to a Madonna concert with a rah-rah skirt.
—Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 17 July 2024
That doesn’t get the ratings that the rah-rah shows get.
—Essence, 7 July 2024
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Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Part of the kick on Brat is Charli’s delirious solipsism, all synthetic robot rah-rah in the beats, but with vocals swerving between defiant egomania and vulnerably tormented self-doubt.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
The sentiment—rah-rah but respectful of the ancestors’ blood—got lent to the Olympics, which counted Beyoncé as one of its celebrity endorsers.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
The game’s best player is also the Dodgers’ rah-rah guy.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Sep. 2024
There’s no rah-rah patriotism; there’s no epic grandstanding.
—EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
There was no rah-rah varnish to the story — this was brutal, bloody, and raw.
—Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024
There was also a black tabard, which isn’t a million miles away from the first piece Trotter ever made: a tank top to wear to a Madonna concert with a rah-rah skirt.
—Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 17 July 2024
That doesn’t get the ratings that the rah-rah shows get.
—Essence, 7 July 2024
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“Rah-rah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rah-rah. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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