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Which country did Germany attempt to ally with against the United States during World War I?

ally

[uh-lahy, al-ahy, uh-lahy] / Ι™ΛˆlaΙͺ, ˈæl aΙͺ, Ι™ΛˆlaΙͺ /


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His Vilnius-based ally Tyutrin, 45, told AFP the Lithuanian authorities had warned him two weeks ago to "leave my home urgently and get rid of my car."

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

That background, combined with his 18 years on the San Diego school board, where he has been a union ally, made him an ideological fit with CTA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Spanish society now has a far more favourable attitude towards China than towards the US, its traditional ally.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Dr Marina Yue Zhang, an Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney agrees Australia's relationship with its closest ally is changing.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

And, of course, there was Mammy’s hero, Rabbani’s ally, the brooding, charismatic Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Lion of Panjshir.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

But multiple times a year Trans*cendent takes over locations around L.A. creating one of the only underground raves curated by and for trans women and their allies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

And as Campell and Doshi argue, the interests of America and its long-standing allies are more conjoined today than they have been in decades.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

From a tool of the occupying allies, the organization became the BND, the official intelligence arm of the newly created Federal Republic, in the 1950s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Such a tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats is more common among adversaries than allies.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Later, during their war for independence from Britain, the separatists relied on militias to fight the British and their Indigenous allies.

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

The fighting around Lalibela has involved the army and an Amhara militia that has allied with Tigrayan fighters.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

This may help explain why protecting allied governments appears to have become such an important part of Russia's regional strategy.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

It resulted from several interdependent factors: unstable defense budgets, overly optimistic assumptions about how long wars will last, shrinking production capacity, and restrictions on allied manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Another person allied with Bass contacted Fight Agency last month about working for the Bass campaign, Mikail said, which the firm declined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

By morning, the small garrison of American and allied forces could only watch as all of West Berlin was sealed off.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

The Indian National Congress leader Subhas Chandra Bose was convinced that allying with Japan offered India its best chance at ending British rule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Analysts anticipate the conservative leader, who championed the legalisation of cannabis, could retain the premiership by again allying with Pheu Thai, now ranked third in surveys.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 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

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

Only twelve years ago, the rebels were at the height of their power, allying themselves with the Tribes and the king of Marinn.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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