ally
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Taiwan, the US ally and self-governed island that Beijing claims, produces the majority of the world's most advanced chips, the tiny processors that sit inside smartphones, laptops and AI data centres.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
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
City Controller Kenneth Mejia, a progressive anti-establishment candidate who is not a DSA member but an ally of the group, led by nearly 20 percentage points.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Chemezov has been a close Putin ally since the 1980s, when they worked together as KGB officers in what was then East Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
His personal impressions of the new American president may well have led the Soviet leader into making a bold and risky move with the Soviets' newest ally, Fidel Castro.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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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