owe allegiance
Example Sentences
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Sauer also had to insist that unauthorized immigrants and temporary visitors owe allegiance to their home countries rather than the U.S., thus removing their children from his tortured definition of jurisdiction.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2026
Even in the current chaotic state of affairs, those minor houses still owe allegiance to House Stark.
From The Verge ● Apr. 15, 2019
But career public information officers know they ultimately serve and owe allegiance to the public and not to any politician.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2017
They are the free spirits who roam the grasslands of the pampas, herd the cattle and owe allegiance to no-one.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2013
To anyone who questioned the effectiveness of the loyalty oaths, he replied that people who really did owe allegiance to their country would be proud to pledge it as often as he forced them to.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
