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coalition

Association of political groups, usually for some limited or short-term purpose, such as fighting an election or forming a government when one party has failed to secure a majority in a legislature or parliament.

In 1990 a coalition of United Nations military forces was formed to free Kuwait from annexation by Iraq.



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To this point, the company removed its establishment from Astoria, in 1821, after its coalition with the Northwest Company.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
And about the end of 1702 they expected a rich convoy which France was escorting with a fleet of twenty-three vessels, commanded by Admiral Chateau-Renaud, for the ships of the coalition were already beating the Atlantic.
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In the last, the coalition will commonly turn upon some interested equivalent: "Give us the man we wish for this office, and you shall have the one you wish for that.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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