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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheerlead.

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Examples

  • I seem to have a reputation as someone who cheerleads the Meredith-Derek relationship, and that's true in that I'm glad the show finally put the two of them together and kept them that way, through all the subsequent ups and downs that happen in any soapy drama.

    Ask Matt: Once Upon a Time, Grey's, Fringe, More on Laugh Tracks and More! 2011

  • The body of McClatchy's article is much more accurate and objective, correctly noting that the figures were "better than expected" and quoting everyone from a market analyst who cheerleads the numbers for different reasons, to the President and House Speaker John Boehner.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: Job Numbers Hype: It's Bad Politics and Worse Policy RJ 2012

  • Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters.

    Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010

  • No politician who cheerleads for that movement and eggs its followers on and stokes their anger and encourages them to believe that the proper functioning of republican democracy is illegitimate and the duly-elected President of the United States is their enemy can be allowed to go home to his or her district and brag about how they helped win another one for the cause of Right Wing Reaction.

    Nothing like it in my memory! 2010

  • The body of McClatchy's article is much more accurate and objective, correctly noting that the figures were "better than expected" and quoting everyone from a market analyst who cheerleads the numbers for different reasons, to the President and House Speaker John Boehner.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: Job Numbers Hype: It's Bad Politics and Worse Policy RJ 2012

  • No one on any network cheerleads for Obama the way the entire Fox News network is against him.

    Think Progress » Murdoch: ‘I Don’t Think’ Fox News ‘Should Be Supporting The Tea Party’ 2010

  • No politician who cheerleads for that movement and eggs its followers on and stokes their anger and encourages them to believe that the proper functioning of republican democracy is illegitimate and the duly-elected President of the United States is their enemy can be allowed to go home to his or her district and brag about how they helped win another one for the cause of Right Wing Reaction.

    Lance Mannion: 2010

  • The other two are The Lottery, centered on Moskowitz's Harlem campuses, and The Cartel, a film that cheerleads for charters and vouchers and paints an annoyingly shallow, black-and-white portrait of "reformers" versus unions and recalcitrant bureaucrats.

    Alan Gottlieb: Are We All Part of the Problem? 2010

  • The executive branch mostly cheerleads and sets what Congress passes when it comes to domestic issues.

    Local Reports: Turnout High In MA-Sen 2010

  • The other two are The Lottery, centered on Moskowitz's Harlem campuses, and The Cartel, a film that cheerleads for charters and vouchers and paints an annoyingly shallow, black-and-white portrait of "reformers" versus unions and recalcitrant bureaucrats.

    Alan Gottlieb: Are We All Part of the Problem? 2010

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