pact
Example Sentences
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When Hitler violated his nonaggression pact with Russia in June 1941, the U.S. and Britain agreed to supply tanks, trucks, munitions and foodstuffs to help the Soviets battle the Nazis.
That pact said that Thailand would "promptly release" the captured Cambodian soldiers, calling them "prisoners of war".
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Under the truce pact signed on Saturday, the Southeast Asian neighbours agreed to cease fire, freeze troop movements and cooperate on demining efforts and combatting cybercrime.
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The pact includes a mutual defence clause pledging immediate military assistance if either country faces armed aggression.
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“This is all supposed to be ‘after death,’” he says of his pact with his people; he’s appalled that the Poitras-Obenhaus team knows as much as it does.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
