rally

rally
01. Demonstrators are planning to [rally] at City Hall before marching on the Legislative Buildings.
02. When the Smiths were in danger of losing their house because Mr. Smith was injured and couldn't work, their neighbors [rallied] together, and raised enough money to pay their mortgage for a couple of months.
03. Stocks were down considerably yesterday, but have [rallied] somewhat today.
04. Over 5,000 people attended a [rally] today in support of women's right to have an abortion.
05. Doctors were afraid the injured child wouldn't live through the night, but he has since [rallied], and his chances for survival now seem much greater than originally expected.
06. The teacher's students [rallied] around her when she was threatened with dismissal for incompetence.
07. A number of important environmental activists appeared at a [rally] calling on the government to halt logging in the area.
08. Many of the United States' allies [rallied] behind the Americans in their war against terrorism after the attacks on the World Trade Center.
09. The students are planning a [rally] to support their football team in the city finals.
10. We are going to go to the Parliament Buildings tomorrow for a [rally] in support of homosexuals' right to marry.
11. Youth activist Craig Kielburger once remarked that many important issues locally, nationally, and internationally, having to do with social justice and the environment, can and should be a [rallying] point for youth.
12. On November 4, 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at a peace [rally] in Jerusalem.
13. In 1678, William of Orange attacked the French army near Mons. However, the French, though caught by surprise, [rallied], and pushed back William, who lost several thousand men.
14. In August of 1994, several thousand IRA supporters [rallied] outside city hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
15. In August of 1991, more than 100,000 people [rallied] outside the Russian Parliament Building to protest a coup that had removed President Mikhail Gorbachev from power.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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