aegis

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This wasn’t a partition under the aegis of the British Empire: It happened 24 years after the British left.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Newer material like “Cry for Me” and “São Paolo” showed that, whatever his exhaustion with this aegis, he’s got tons of startling ideas still brimming.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

Peacekeeping forces - under the aegis of either the United Nations or Nato - traditionally are impartial, operate with the consent of both parties and use force only to defend themselves.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

But I think they were able to justify it under the aegis of anticommunism.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024

At this moment that unmanning thunder cloud, the aegis, Athena’s shield, took form aloft in the great hall.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer