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  • plural of ally.
  • present tense form of ally (3rd person singular).
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allies

[al-ahyz, uh-lahyz] / ˈæl aɪz, əˈlaɪz /


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That has left the kingdom searching for friends beyond Washington, for allies ready to put rockets where the rhetoric is and assist in a fight Saudi Arabia considers existential.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

As its name suggested, that was the whole point of #MeToo: to create enough solidarity between victims and allies to make it safe for victims to speak out without their lives being destroyed.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

"It's a bit chicken and egg. Did Spain distance itself from European allies, or did they distance themselves from us?" asks Victor Cortizo, a lawyer and academic specialising in Sino-Spanish relations.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the 2010s, the U.S. and its allies almost accomplished this with the nearly finalized Trans-Pacific Partnership—a trade pact with 12 Pacific Rim economies including Japan, Canada and Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Like the nations of the Powhatan Confederacy, the Pequots and their diplomatic allies spoke closely related Algonquian languages.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz



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