ally
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DiGenova’s wife, Victoria Toensing, another Reagan-era prosecutor turned Trump ally, also joined the team.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 10, 2026
At odds with the county, Sramek found an ally in Bret Prebula, a former golf pro and restless dealmaker who is city manager of Suisun City, one of Solano County’s poorest communities.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 10, 2026
"The public arguments that we had, I suppose, were enough," she said, and agreed with the interviewer that she had an ally in Drakeford.
From BBC β Oct. 2, 2026
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 β Oct. 1, 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
The union’s fiery leader won a decisive victory and placed allies in key positions.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 10, 2026
He has long indicated he thought he should have been awarded the prestigious prize, and was nominated by several allies for it last year.
From BBC β Oct. 10, 2026
Jair Bolsonaro, his family and allies have maintained his innocence.
From Barron's β Oct. 9, 2026
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 β Oct. 8, 2026
He was representing a consortium of interests that included Frank Phillips and Skelly—the old adversaries now allies.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
The fighting around Lalibela has involved the army and an Amhara militia that has allied with Tigrayan fighters.
From BBC β Sep. 30, 2026
Fortunately, Brown and Obama were allied leaders and not deep rivals looking to resolve seemingly intractable differences.
From BBC β Sep. 25, 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 β Aug. 19, 2026
The Five Nations of the Iroquois allied with several English colonies.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 17, 2026
Ares had allied themselves with everybody else: Dionysus, Demeter, Aphrodite, and Hephaestus.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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 β Sep. 11, 2026
But the MEK was long considered a terrorist group by Washington and enjoys little support inside Iran, where it is reviled for allying with Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the devastating 1980-88 war.
From Barron's β Mar. 5, 2026
Such was Francis’ astonishing international popularity that many politicians of all stripes tried to trade on it, allying themselves with his causes.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 21, 2025
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 β Oct. 25, 2024
But I didn’t want to hear any of it, and the wind, allying itself with me, threatened the chinaberry tree outside the back door.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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American History I
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