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battle cry

noun

as in war cry

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Recent Examples on the Web Before the huddle broke, someone shouted AV and then someone else shouted 24 and the girls went back and forth several times, making the chant their battle cry. —

Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2024 With the library program in jeopardy, the California State Parks Foundation, a large advocacy group, has raised a battle cry to try to save it, writing to legislative leaders and posting a petition that’s garnered 1,800 signatures. —

Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024 Their chant was a kind of battle cry for Greater Israel, seeming to suggest that Kissinger—a German-Jewish refugee who chose America and assimilation, and made the most of both—could not possibly fathom their toughness or messianic grandeur. —

Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024 President Biden is stepping up his battle cry for 2024. —

CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for battle cry

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