side with
verb
sided with; siding with; sides with
: to agree with or support the opinions or actions of (someone)
She sided with her friend in the argument.
They betrayed their country and sided with the enemy.
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The Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday siding with a former Twitter employee who sold company secrets to a high-level Saudi official, finding prosecutors charged him in the wrong federal court for falsifying an invoice.
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 11 June 2026
If either of those circuits sides with the Tax Court’s functional test, a formal circuit split will emerge, creating the classic recipe for Supreme Court review.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Even some on the council who sided with Lee have expressed wariness about ceding much of their own power to the mayor.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Here, see the real-life people whose lives were forever changed by Rachel Nickell's murder side-by-side with the actors who portrayed them in The Witness.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 11 June 2026
If either of those circuits sides with the Tax Court’s functional test, a formal circuit split will emerge, creating the classic recipe for Supreme Court review.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Even some on the council who sided with Lee have expressed wariness about ceding much of their own power to the mayor.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Here, see the real-life people whose lives were forever changed by Rachel Nickell's murder side-by-side with the actors who portrayed them in The Witness.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for side with
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“Side with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20with. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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