RALLIED Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb (1)

past tense of rally

as in mobilized

to assemble and make ready for action rallied the Red Cross workers to deal with the devastating earthquake

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as in recovered

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness despite the best care that medicine could provide, the elderly woman never really rallied from her fractured hip

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as in rebounded

to regain a former or normal state after wavering a moment on the balance beam, she quickly rallied and finished with a fine dismount

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verb (2)

past tense of rally

as in teased

to make fun of in a good-natured way his friends rallied him for missing an easy putt

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The Magic rallied in the third quarter and outscored Atlanta, 38-27. — Ajc Sports, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Shares rallied 9% after the data center server company hiked its fiscal first-quarter revenue outlook. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 But Week 6 provided one of the team’s rare bright spots, as the Titans rallied for a 26-20 victory over the Indianapolis Colts, their first win of the season. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Educators, union members and families rallied outside district headquarters before the meeting. — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The president rallied to boost Darline Graham, who holds a narrow lead over Democrat Annie Andrews. — Natalie Allison, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026 Thousands rallied in New Delhi, waving Indian flags and demanding the resignation of election chief Gyanesh Kumar as protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government intensify. — Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Before the hearing began, several dozen people rallied outside the courthouse to oppose the continuing presence of the military in the city. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 The index got a boost as investors bought the dip on some beleaguered names and software stocks rallied. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

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Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush mobilized their usual networks to mount independent missions to evacuate Afghan women.

— Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Ministries, provinces, and state banks were mobilized to fulfill these goals, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping has continued to reinforce the effort, including with his 2026 push for Beijing to shape global AI standards.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

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But moviegoing rebounded the following day, with Sunday admissions rising by 80,000 compared with the previous Sunday.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Nonetheless, California rebounded from that blow, with the state becoming the epicenter of innovation in the new internet economy, minting trillion-dollar companies such as Apple and Google.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebounded

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The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
XPeng shared footage of the test on October 23, following a drive organized by Chinese automotive platform BitAuto, also known as Yiche.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of organized

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The experiments showed that CARL improved tracking performance by up to 15 percent compared with existing methods, including during tests on physical robots.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
The Middle East improved quarterly, but remained a drag on performance, notably for Miu Miu.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of improved

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Naturally, Kelly gets kidded about that as well.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026
When Curt Cignetti was hired just more than two years ago, it was considered a smart move by the athletic department, but no one kidded themselves that Indiana was some sort of raucous fan sleeper cell just waiting to be activated.

— Will Leitch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026

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