have relations with

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We want to have relations with China, with the United States, with Russia, with France.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Some officials, lawmakers and foreign policy experts said that he is one of the few U.S. diplomats to have relations with the Taliban and was simply following orders from both U.S.

From Reuters • Sep. 10, 2021

“So he’s understood that he’s got to be the minister of the police. And not of the people who have relations with them,” Mr. Mathiot said.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2020

I don’t want to have relations with other women; I made lifelong vows.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2019

Tom, Dick and Harry have relations with one another that do not depend upon the will of their "Ego," but are imposed upon them by the structure of the society in which they live.

From Anarchism and Socialism by Plekhanov, Georgii Valentinovich