allies

Example Sentences

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Some of Washington’s Persian Gulf allies are also pushing the White House not to resume the conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Environmental activists and Native Americans, not historically allies in the region, joined forces to fight it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Starmer's allies say the best thing to do is to be better, move faster, govern more effectively, and to show voters "the change" - the most overused, ill-defined couple of words in politics.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

They have been languishing in highly-guarded camps since the group lost its territorial control in Syria after a years-long military campaign by the US-led coalition and local allies.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

In October 1917, near the little frontier town of Caporetto, the Austrians with their German allies achieved an unexpected breakthrough in what is called the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman