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Recent Examples of battle cry
After a much less exhilarating defeat in 2020, and the mass base of the Sanders left reduced to little more than a fractional protest movement, few have sought to reawaken the old battle cry.
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Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Hang it out there and the wicket will come must be the battle cry for all seam attacks now against the great man.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The Irish punk-poets unleashed an emotional track that’s become a battle cry for the downtrodden and forgotten, and which could only be written by these working-class Dublin natives.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
The emotional battle cry means nothing to Lord John.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Hang it out there and the wicket will come must be the battle cry for all seam attacks now against the great man.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The Irish punk-poets unleashed an emotional track that’s become a battle cry for the downtrodden and forgotten, and which could only be written by these working-class Dublin natives.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
The emotional battle cry means nothing to Lord John.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battle cry
war cry
Noun
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The Gophers men’s basketball team is back on its us-against-the-Big Ten war cry.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
21 Feb. 2025
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There are echoes of the far right in his war cries.—
David Moscrop,
TIME,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Battle cry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battle%20cry. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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