pep rally
noun
US
: an event before a school sports event that is meant to get students and fans excited and to encourage the team to win
also
: a similar event in which speakers try to get a group of people excited and enthusiastic about something
The mayor gave an inspiring speech at the party's pep rally.
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Regardless of how much Trump asks of Congress, there's a good chance the speech will feel at times like a campaign stop or pep rally.
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025
Abby has never seen such magnetism (which means, she’s probably never gone to a pep rally, since cheerleaders tend to have the same effect).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
President Trump’s keynote this week at a Saudi sovereign wealth fund’s conference in Miami Beach might have seemed like another jubilant pep rally attended by adoring fans and key lieutenants.
—Rob Copeland, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
At a pep rally, white students wearing Confederate flag and swastika pins and other racist symbols were involved in physical fights with black Merrillville students.
—Dr. Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025
Abby has never seen such magnetism (which means, she’s probably never gone to a pep rally, since cheerleaders tend to have the same effect).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
President Trump’s keynote this week at a Saudi sovereign wealth fund’s conference in Miami Beach might have seemed like another jubilant pep rally attended by adoring fans and key lieutenants.
—Rob Copeland, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
At a pep rally, white students wearing Confederate flag and swastika pins and other racist symbols were involved in physical fights with black Merrillville students.
—Dr. Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pep rally
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“Pep rally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pep%20rally. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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