allying

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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

By the time the first Spanish missionaries arrived in the 14th century, at least seven different groups were trading, marrying, allying, and fighting with one another in a complex political network.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 3, 2024

For the other nations in the confederacy, the benefits of allying with either side were not clear-cut.

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