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Which country did Germany attempt to ally with against the United States during World War I?

ally

[uh-lahy, al-ahy, uh-lahy] / əˈlaɪ, ˈæl aɪ, əˈlaɪ /


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"The public arguments that we had, I suppose, were enough," she said, and agreed with the interviewer that she had an ally in Drakeford.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is in the fight of her political life, facing a vigorous challenge from City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a savvy campaigner who was until recently a close ally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Dr Marina Yue Zhang, an Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney agrees Australia's relationship with its closest ally is changing.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Vucic rose to prominence in the 1990s as an ultra-nationalist ally of Milosevic, serving as his information minister in 1998.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

She appeared beside him in the shape of his brother, Deiphobus, and with this ally as he thought, Hector faced Achilles.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

In return, it is alleged that Ethiopia has helped funnel arms to the UAE's allies in Sudan, though that is denied by both countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

That has left the kingdom searching for friends beyond Washington, for allies ready to put rockets where the rhetoric is and assist in a fight Saudi Arabia considers existential.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

As its name suggested, that was the whole point of #MeToo: to create enough solidarity between victims and allies to make it safe for victims to speak out without their lives being destroyed.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

"It's a bit chicken and egg. Did Spain distance itself from European allies, or did they distance themselves from us?" asks Victor Cortizo, a lawyer and academic specialising in Sino-Spanish relations.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Conjure folk have been kind to me. I've always considered them allies, and hopefully still friends.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

The fighting around Lalibela has involved the army and an Amhara militia that has allied with Tigrayan fighters.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Fortunately, Brown and Obama were allied leaders and not deep rivals looking to resolve seemingly intractable differences.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

For years, forces allied to the U.A.E. had operated on Perim Island and the surrounding area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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 ● Aug. 19, 2026

When the commander sent out small units to find the Miamis, their search-and-destroy missions were ambushed by allied Miamis and Shawnees under the leadership of Meshekinnoqquah and Weyapiersenwah.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The Indian National Congress leader Subhas Chandra Bose was convinced that allying with Japan offered India its best chance at ending British rule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

But the MEK was long considered a terrorist group by Washington and enjoys little support inside Iran, where it is reviled for allying with Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the devastating 1980-88 war.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

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 ● 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 ● Aug. 29, 2024

Only twelve years ago, the rebels were at the height of their power, allying themselves with the Tribes and the king of Marinn.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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