rally against

idiom

: to publicly showed opposition to
Students rallied against the new dress code guidelines.

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The fifth-inning rally against the Yankees Wednesday night symbolized a fundamentally excellent team that thrives on the mistakes of others. Jerry Beach, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 Tejada was working on a project near the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica when a rally against the murder of George Floyd devolved into a ransacking of small businesses. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024 Last Saturday, Reed Garrett, a relief pitcher for the New York Mets, tipped his cap to this practice after the Mets’ eighth-inning rally against the Philadelphia Phillies. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2024 Unions rally in Seattle A few blocks away, the attorney general joined the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 3000 for a rally against the merger outside Seattle's City Hall. Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rally against 

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“Rally against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rally%20against. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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