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Example Sentences
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For starters, Lange - who played a key role in Frank's identification as a leading candidate - was a close ally of his Danish compatriot.
From BBC
The senior Labour figure described the prime minister as being in "listening mode" and described him as a "feminist ally" who did not want to "mansplain".
From BBC
France, Berlin's traditional ally, unsuccessfully tried to block the deal over concerns for its farmers.
From Barron's
Within months, the course of the conflict in which he’d fought with distinction would turn decisively against England: An erstwhile ally, Philip “the Good,” duke of Burgundy, would make peace with Charles VII of France, thus uniting Frenchmen against a common foreign enemy.
The EU also took it for granted that the U.S. was a reliable ally.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
