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rally
     1. n. A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause
     2. n. (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
     3. n. (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
     4. n. (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
     5. v. To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
     6. v. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
     7. v. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
     8. v. (business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
     9. v. To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
     10. n. Good-humoured raillery.

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Example Sentences

There were fewer people at the rally than organisers had hoped for. 



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