: the sport of driving in automobile rallies (see rally entry 2 sense 4)
rallying
2 of 2present participle of rally entry 1, rally entry 3
Examples of rallying in a Sentence
Noun
the rallying of students to support our petition for better bus service was made a lot easier by this morning's subzero temperatures
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Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
That name has since become synonymous with the defense of one’s territory, and a rallying cry.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
After returning to competitive motorsport in rallying, Kubica worked toward a full-time F1 return with Williams in 2019.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 6 May 2026
In 2019, the mall would become a rallying spot after the killing of Stephon Clark.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
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Those lines became a rallying cry for the pro-Palestine movement after Alareer was killed in Gaza by an Israeli airstrike in December 2023, and have since achieved a ubiquity that once seemed all but impossible for a poem in the 21st century.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
That name has since become synonymous with the defense of one’s territory, and a rallying cry.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
After returning to competitive motorsport in rallying, Kubica worked toward a full-time F1 return with Williams in 2019.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 6 May 2026
In 2019, the mall would become a rallying spot after the killing of Stephon Clark.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
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“Rallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rallying. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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