allegiance

Before Sept. 11 became an argument about war, security, patriotism or political allegiance, it was an encounter with human vulnerability and then human resilience.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Sweden also summoned the Russian ambassador in Stockholm over the incident, its Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a news conference, citing its allegiance to Germany and Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

A&W Restaurants is asking diners to pledge their allegiance to its new chicken sandwich by taking to the comments sections of rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

But he has now switched his international allegiance to England and played for the Under-17 team.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Part of the speech had been about dying, but more was about giving allegiance to Kyrria and its rulers, King Jerrold, Prince Charmont, and the entire royal family.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

The crowd had made its allegiances clear after a fiery build-up which included Itauma shoving Hrgovic, the Zagreb man slapping him back and plenty of verbal sparring.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Having represented Italy at youth level, he switched allegiances to Australia in May just before the Socceroos announced their squad for the tournament.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Gutiérrez and Vargas started their international careers representing Team USA at youth level, but FIFA’s one-time switch rule allowed them to change allegiances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

The difference now is that even the haves—the schools and conferences that had no issue dissolving old allegiances acting entirely in their own self interest—agree it’s gotten ridiculous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Rasheed kept bringing home news of the war, and Laila was baffled by the allegiances that Rasheed tried to explain to her.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini