rally against

idiom

: to publicly showed opposition to

Students rallied against the new dress code guidelines.

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Several coaches, including Maryland’s Brenda Frese and Iowa’s Jan Jensen, likened the singular meetings to conference tournament games, which bore out during the Hawkeyes’ dramatic, yet ultimately unsuccessful, rally against the Terrapins. —

Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron, who called the surprise elections just three weeks ago, urged voters to rally against the far right. —

Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 30 June 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for rally against

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