rabble-rousing
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On its surface, a 36-year-old football player teaming up with rabble-rousing investors might seem as unlikely as getting engaged to the world’s most famous pop star after talking about her on a podcast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
They were treated to a set of raucous, rabble-rousing electro-rap, and responded by setting off smoke flares and moshing in giant rippling circles of bodies.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025
Sinema’s political career began as a rabble-rousing anti-war activist.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
Among those who supported McCarthy were rabble-rousing Reps.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023
Sometimes referred to as the “Wild Man from Birmingham,” Shuttlesworth has been described as an “unpolished, rabble-rousing Baptist preacher.”
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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