: marked by the enthusiastic expression of college spirit
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Examples of rah-rah in a Sentence
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There’s no rah-rah patriotism; there’s no epic grandstanding.
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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
That’s fine: Miracle is one of those rare rah-rah movies that deeply, genuinely earns its U!S!A! U!S!A! spirit, presenting us with a collection of blue-collar kids working together to raise the nation’s morale.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2024
His supporters confuse the rah-rah motivation to an enthusiastic, self-congratulatory persona for a job well done.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2024
He was hired in part to inject relentless rah-rah into a franchise that hasn’t reached the playoffs since 2014.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Related Stories In probably the most rah-rah American movie of recent years, 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, the foreign enemy with a uranium enrichment plant that needs bombing was identified with vague allusions at best, just as the enemy was in the sequel’s progenitor, 36 years earlier.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024
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
That’s fine: Miracle is one of those rare rah-rah movies that deeply, genuinely earns its U!S!A! U!S!A! spirit, presenting us with a collection of blue-collar kids working together to raise the nation’s morale.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2024
His supporters confuse the rah-rah motivation to an enthusiastic, self-congratulatory persona for a job well done.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2024
He was hired in part to inject relentless rah-rah into a franchise that hasn’t reached the playoffs since 2014.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Related Stories In probably the most rah-rah American movie of recent years, 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, the foreign enemy with a uranium enrichment plant that needs bombing was identified with vague allusions at best, just as the enemy was in the sequel’s progenitor, 36 years earlier.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Rah-rah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rah-rah. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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