alliance

Example Sentences

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Formal withdrawal from the 1949 treaty that created the alliance would be legally fraught.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

For Europe, too, ending the alliance would be costly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

"It is the only alliance that, until now, had a major player behaving like a benevolent hegemon, one that did not impose its actions on others by force," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Macron said such talk weakens the bonds of the alliance regardless of if the United States pulls out of the organization.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

The Venetians allied themselves with France against the Duke of Milan, and they could have avoided that alliance: it resulted in their downfall.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli