ally
Example Sentences
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Andy Burnham spent much of the day attempting to persuade MP Josh Simons, once a staunch ally of Sir Keir, to sacrifice his parliamentary career to help save Labour.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
So it is particularly notable that Simons, not a typical ally of Burnham, was the one to stand down for him.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
That’s where we can be a great ally for those who want to take advantage of the opportunities that the Venezuelan market is generating.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
He’d sought answers to his country’s racial problems through scholarship, sociology, pan-Africanism, Afrofuturism, sci-fi, Socialism, Communism and finally expatriation, to Ghana, a new nation with a new president, Du Bois ally Kwame Nkrumah.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Mrs. Jarvis had turned out to be an unwitting ally.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing ally
American History I
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The American Revolution - Introductory
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Excerpt from "The Philosophy of Literary Form" by Kenneth Burke
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