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alliance

[uh-lahy-uhns] / əˈlaɪ əns /


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Australia is also an attractive market for foreign investment, as "we've got availability of land, we've got political stability, and we've got the Five Eyes security alliance," Dennett says.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Nirvana had made this small corporate alliance permissible a couple of years earlier, finding a loophole as Cobain wore a T-shirt that read “Corporate Magazines Still Suck” on their Rolling Stone cover.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

"We are also working on a roadmap regarding the processes of joining the alliance," he added.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

But if the ties of trade, kinship and strategic alliance are real, so is the deeply ingrained suspicion.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

I'm wondering how many times he can possibly use the word alliance in one sentence when Tiny Cooper cuts Mr. Fortson off by saying, "Hey, wait, Jane, you're straight?"

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

Deepening alliances among Japan’s near neighbors—China, North Korea and Russia—have raised questions about the nation’s security, as well as the security of vital sea lanes that connect its economy to the U.S. and beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Mohammad Hassan Najmi, an international relations expert, told AFP that Tehran "believes its membership and active participation in these alliances can enable it to circumvent US and European sanctions".

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

But alliances can withstand a lot of friction—physical proximity alone probably makes a wholesale U.S.-Canada divorce impossible—and escalation isn’t guaranteed.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

While the majority of its public supports a nuclear South Korea, the government has argued that acquiring the bomb is unnecessary and even harmful to the country's network of alliances.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

This is something you can depend upon: there will always be alliances, of one kind or another.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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