ally
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Its other key ally, Bashar al Assad had been deposed as president of Syria and fled to Moscow.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
But, unlike Hezbollah, which attacked Israel on March 2, three days after the U.S. and Israeli campaign on Iran, the Houthis had refrained from helping their ally, until Monday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Chemezov has been a close Putin ally since the 1980s, when they worked together as KGB officers in what was then East Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
UFC chief and Trump ally Dana White has cited Washington's infamous insect population as a potential problem for the open-air fights.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
In vain did Bolivia counterattack with its ally, Peru; Chile simply repelled their incompetently led forces and took over the entire territory, as well as a chunk of southern Peru.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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