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
To ask your big sister to be your ally is like asking Nova Scotia to go into battle with you.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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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