alliance
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Nirvana had made this small corporate alliance permissible a couple of years earlier, finding a loophole as Cobain wore a T-shirt that read “Corporate Magazines Still Suck” on their Rolling Stone cover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Japan’s U.S. alliance, meanwhile, has come under pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte said the whole alliance, which includes the US, stood "in full solidarity with Germany".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
"We are also working on a roadmap regarding the processes of joining the alliance," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Hardly surprisingly, the alliance did not last, and, following defeats of the English Navy by the Dutch, after 1672 France was left alone to invade The Netherlands.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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Albanese said Australia's upgrading of security ties in the Pacific had been "extraordinary", after the country signed defence alliances with Papua New Guinea and Fiji, and a security and economic deal with Vanuatu.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
As Carney noted: "We cannot depend on traditional alliances when the rules of the game have fundamentally changed."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But alliances can withstand a lot of friction—physical proximity alone probably makes a wholesale U.S.-Canada divorce impossible—and escalation isn’t guaranteed.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
To counter the growing threat across Fae territories, Prythian’s fractured Night Court must overcome internal rifts and recent betrayals to restore former alliances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
I spent my days devising new strategies for capture-the- flag and making alliances with the other cabins to keep the banner out of Ares’s hands.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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