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High above them, Elphaba sounds her battle cry and flies off into the distance.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
With 46 games to play, that might as well be the Giants’ battle cry.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
The sentence on Cafe Kestrel’s menu is the battle cry of the heroic rabbit Bigwig, shouted in righteous rage at the leader of the enemy tribe of rabbits, at the acme of the story’s great climactic battle.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday evening, anxious to hear the infamous independence battle cry that 214 years ago gave way to the war for independence against Spanish rule.
—Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
With 46 games to play, that might as well be the Giants’ battle cry.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
The sentence on Cafe Kestrel’s menu is the battle cry of the heroic rabbit Bigwig, shouted in righteous rage at the leader of the enemy tribe of rabbits, at the acme of the story’s great climactic battle.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday evening, anxious to hear the infamous independence battle cry that 214 years ago gave way to the war for independence against Spanish rule.
—Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Battle cry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battle%20cry. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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