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allegiance

[uh-lee-juhns] / əˈli dʒəns /


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Its leader Musa Seka Baluku reportedly first pledged allegiance to IS in 2016, but it was not until April 2019 that IS first acknowledged its activity in the area.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

I bring my striving attitude to the kitchen and have sworn my allegiance to paying attention to details and putting in the time required.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Most schoolchildren in America still stand, place their hands over their hearts and pledge allegiance to “one nation under God.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Alito, however, might as well have been describing Brown, whose unlawful presence—obviously subject to arrest—was sufficient to bring him within allegiance to Virginia.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

But love, which had, perhaps, like a benevolent monarch, swelled the population of his neighboring kingdom, Death, had not himself descended: they owed him no allegiance here.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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