had allied
- past perfect of ally.
Example Sentences
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Lira himself had allied with Bolsonaro, but was quick to recognize Lula's narrow election victory and congratulate him, starting a constructive dialogue during the presidential transition.
From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2023
By 2016, they had allied with the internationally backed government in Tripoli, which paid them to run security.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2022
Like many of his peers, Wilkins has come to admire Johnson, after initially distrusting the Texas Democrat who had allied himself with Southern segregationists when he joined the Senate.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
This was the context that the kingdoms that had allied against him were left with in 1815.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
It still belonged to Indigenous nations, many of which had allied with the British in order to protect their homelands from land-hungry Americans.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
