rooting
Example Sentences
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Receiving recognition and giving back to those rooting for you is among the most memorable parts of the high school sports experience.
From Los Angeles Times
It isn’t a white girl she’s screaming at in the show’s immortal “We were all rooting for you!” meme, but 2005 contestant Tiffany Richardson.
From Salon
And he is rooting for the film to smash it at the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday.
From BBC
"He said he wouldn't leave without us, and that our families in the United States were rooting for us. He wanted to make sure we knew he was going home with us."
From BBC
In the years since it aired, Banks’ infamous tirade, “I was rooting for you! We were all rooting for you!”
From Los Angeles Times
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