rally around
idiom
: to join together to support (someone or something) in a difficult time or situation
We rallied around our neighbors when their house burned down.
When the town library lost its funding, the community rallied around it.
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Entertainers rally around Kimmel Comedy icon and former late-night host David Letterman blasted the move at The Atlantic Festival in New York City on Thursday.
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Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
That act of personification reframes the company as a living identity that employees can rally around rather than the owner herself.
—Dan Ringo, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
As Mary’s family attempts to rally around the Downton heiress, Robert (Hugh Bonneville) and Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) are navigating their way through more financial strife, with those downstairs also left to ponder what the future holds for aristocratic homes like theirs.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
His alleged infidelity became the inciting incident of the series, and Brooks’s sisters rally around her amid the breakup.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
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Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
That act of personification reframes the company as a living identity that employees can rally around rather than the owner herself.
—Dan Ringo, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
As Mary’s family attempts to rally around the Downton heiress, Robert (Hugh Bonneville) and Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) are navigating their way through more financial strife, with those downstairs also left to ponder what the future holds for aristocratic homes like theirs.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
His alleged infidelity became the inciting incident of the series, and Brooks’s sisters rally around her amid the breakup.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Rally around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rally%20around. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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