ally
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Despite its close relationship with China, Thailand is a treaty ally of the US, and port visits by US Navy ships are a familiar occurrence.
From BBC β Sep. 1, 2026
As the start of the school year approaches, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is locked in an unlikely showdown with a powerful classroom ally: the New York City teachers union.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 29, 2026
A special type of indie film teaches you how to see it as you watch it — not as an instructor might a student, but as an ally would a new acquaintance.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 28, 2026
The 55-year-old was a close ally of the president in power before Hichilema, the late Edgar Lungu, and served as a minister in his administration.
From Barron's β Aug. 27, 2026
Perhaps the wooden maiden will be an ally when I need one.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Starmer had enjoyed some success in this area, working closely with Macron and winning admiration from allies.
From Barron's β Sep. 2, 2026
Pavi and her allies still have to figure out a way to save the world, though.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 1, 2026
Moscow has continued to be one of India's strongest allies despite Delhi forging closer relationships with Europe and the US in the past three decades.
From BBC β Sep. 1, 2026
Two of Moscow’s closest allies, Iran and North Korea, are broke.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 31, 2026
It helped to have allies in the fight on our sebaceous glands.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
It resulted from several interdependent factors: unstable defense budgets, overly optimistic assumptions about how long wars will last, shrinking production capacity, and restrictions on allied manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 30, 2026
Another person allied with Bass contacted Fight Agency last month about working for the Bass campaign, Mikail said, which the firm declined.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 19, 2026
Washington and Seoul have conducted joint military exercises since the 1950s as a deterrent against North Korean aggression and a signal of allied readiness.
From Barron's β Aug. 17, 2026
Darline Graham’s allied super PACs—as well as her campaign—have outspent her rivals.
From Slate β Aug. 11, 2026
To a certain extent, Conant was bluffing, for the rising concern in Washington and the scientific community about a possible German bomb made an allied effort seem imperative, regardless of the prospects of success.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Daglo worked for years for Bashir before allying with Burhan to overthrow him in 2019 as part of Sudan's revolution.
From Barron's β Nov. 24, 2025
Additionally, Brics enables India to advance its core foreign policy principle of strategic autonomy, whereby it aims to balance relations with a wide spectrum of geopolitical players, without formally allying with any of them.
From BBC β Oct. 25, 2024
It would need support from another party or more to form a ruling legislative coalition, but so far, others have balked at allying with it.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 29, 2024
By the time the first Spanish missionaries arrived in the 14th century, at least seven different groups were trading, marrying, allying, and fighting with one another in a complex political network.
From Science Magazine β Jun. 3, 2024
But I didn’t want to hear any of it, and the wind, allying itself with me, threatened the chinaberry tree outside the back door.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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