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ally

[uh-lahy, al-ahy, uh-lahy] / əˈlaɪ, ˈæl aɪ, əˈlaɪ /


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Venezuela can also be a great ally for us.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

He’d sought answers to his country’s racial problems through scholarship, sociology, pan-Africanism, Afrofuturism, sci-fi, Socialism, Communism and finally expatriation, to Ghana, a new nation with a new president, Du Bois ally Kwame Nkrumah.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Raman, a Los Angeles City Council member and former Bass ally, was in third at 20%, up 10 points from March and within the 5% margin of error with Pratt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

"It's clearly not good," one cabinet ally who would rather this was not happening acknowledged.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Eventually Massasoit concluded that he possibly should ally with them—compared to the Narragansett, they were the lesser of two evils.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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