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coalition

[koh-uh-lish-uhn] / ˌkoʊ əˈlɪʃ ən /


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Riyadh's military coalition intervened to support the government the following year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The chamber is a tech-industry coalition whose corporate partners include OpenAI and other major players in AI.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The spokesperson said the Saudi coalition had targeted more than 80 Houthi military sites across "governorates of Saada, Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf and Ma'rib".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Tuesday’s arrest has given fresh ammunition to those in the government’s ranks who had been skeptical of expanding the BND’s remit, according to a senior lawmaker for the governing coalition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

As a result, the Democratic New Deal coalition evolved into an alliance of urban ethnic groups and the white South that dominated electoral politics from 1932 to the early 1960s.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Flavio Bolsonaro has focused on building coalitions and doubled down on his plans to shrink the state and modernize the tax system.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Rev. Patricia Coleman-Burns, a University of Michigan professor emerita who grew up in Detroit and has watched the region’s racial and political coalitions shift for more than 70 years, was a die-hard Stevens supporter.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

They defended the status quo against various liberation movements and labor coalitions, fighting to keep everything as it had always been in service of the people who most benefited from the old arrangement.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

This year the chief justice prevailed with different coalitions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

When two males are contesting the alpha position, they usually do so by forming extensive coalitions of supporters, both male and female, from within the group.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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