as in battle cry
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Recent Examples of war cry
There are echoes of the far right in his war cries.
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David Moscrop, TIME, 12 Jan. 2025
Stephen Schwartz immediately knew what to do and added Idina’s Elphaba war cry and interplay of pushing each other out of the way.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Stephen Schwartz sort of gave me the permission to find my own war cry.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Proximus uses it as a war cry against his own people, dishonoring Caesar’s attempt at unanimity.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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David Moscrop, TIME, 12 Jan. 2025
Stephen Schwartz immediately knew what to do and added Idina’s Elphaba war cry and interplay of pushing each other out of the way.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Stephen Schwartz sort of gave me the permission to find my own war cry.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Proximus uses it as a war cry against his own people, dishonoring Caesar’s attempt at unanimity.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for war cry
battle cry
Noun
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Wasn’t that the battle cry of our founding forebearers?—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The additional strength has been appreciated, and it’s almost been a battle cry.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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