coalitions

plural of coalition

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of coalitions But while anti-immigrant, pro-Russian parties have made inroads across the continent in recent years, there have also been notable reversals, and some have softened their views to build coalitions with moderates. ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 At national level, too, far-right parties now lead coalitions in Italy and the Czech Republic and serve as junior governing partners in Finland, Croatia, Slovakia and Sweden. Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 Phair felt she was atomized from the female coalitions of the ’90s, and that this co-bill might be a way to rectify that. Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 And both sets of allies are forming new middle-power coalitions to reduce reliance on Washington, from recent European arrangements with India to the trade agreements Japan is pursuing with Latin America. Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Health care affordability will be solved by building durable coalitions around ideas that work in the real world, not just in theory. Kody Kinsley, STAT, 17 Aug. 2026 It will be won by cities that have spent years assembling investors, identifying stadium sites, building political coalitions and demonstrating that the public and private sectors can actually work together. Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 And as Netanyahu’s coalitions hardened Schleien’s programs became edgier, skewering Netanyahu sycophants in the Likud Party, anti-élitist demagogues, cultic settlers, and rabbinic mandarins. Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026 Global coalitions and international forums like the World Economic Forum (WEF) offer a literal stage for diverse-minded experts to solve the complex governance, security, and policy challenges created by AI. Shlomo Kramer, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coalitions
Noun
  • The result is a fractured country, with the Houthis controlling the capital and the northwest, and the government and allied factions holding much of the south and east.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • While there is no suggestion of any kind of confrontation, there were tensions between different factions in the dressing room as Rosenior’s tenure unravelled.
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Powerful Native nations and smaller communities resisted and limited colonial aggression through diplomacy, alliances, petitions and court cases, and wars of resistance.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Since then, a military junta has abandoned longtime partners and has formed new alliances instead, including with Russia, where President Vladimir Putin faces an ICC arrest warrant linked to the war in Ukraine.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Lawmakers in both parties agree more guardrails are needed, but even narrow attempts at regulation have fallen apart and a certain skepticism has set in.
    STEVEN SLOAN, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The parties have requested oral argument and await the 10th Circuit’s decision on whether to grant and schedule one.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Some unions have also come out in opposition, saying other areas of state spending should be priorities too.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The big Amendment 3 news this week was in suburban Orlando where sheriffs, police, fire chiefs and unions all forcefully called for defeat of Amendment 3.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Hofmann gives this awkwardly sized puppet life, energy and voice, controlling its body while castmates flit in and out as the manipulators of its wings.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The top line projects to be center Aleksander Barkov with Brady Tkachuk and Sam Reinhart on his wings.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Many countries’ national federations, including the United States’, broke with the IBA and set up their own rival international body.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The federations suggest accelerating the Deemed Importer approach, which is set to take effect in July 2028.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Previous efforts to broker even a partial ceasefire have repeatedly fallen apart within hours, with both sides accusing each other of violations.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In my experience, the strongest engagements begin when both sides understand what can be influenced, what cannot be controlled and how progress will be evaluated.
    Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Professional players associations do far more than bargain against leagues.
    Chris Corr, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • His big hit came one night after the Brewers became the first team in the major leagues to clinch a division title this season, winning their fourth consecutive NL Central crown.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Coalitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coalitions. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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