ally
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This mission, dubbed "Liberte 250," highlights France's support for the US insurgents who took on the British crown, making Paris the oldest international ally of Washington.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Its other key ally, Bashar al Assad had been deposed as president of Syria and fled to Moscow.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
But, unlike Hezbollah, which attacked Israel on March 2, three days after the U.S. and Israeli campaign on Iran, the Houthis had refrained from helping their ally, until Monday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
He has been fighting a Democratic primary challenge from Brad Lander, New York City’s former comptroller and a close ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
“His friends all noticed it,” said Joseph Medill, once an ally but later Harrison’s most ardent opponent, “they would laugh or smile about it, and called it ‘Carter Harrisonia.’”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing ally
American History I
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The American Revolution - Introductory
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Excerpt from "The Philosophy of Literary Form" by Kenneth Burke
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