leagued

verb

past tense of league
1
as in united
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood

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2
as in collaborated
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end some unlikely political bedfellows leagued together to get the bill passed

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Recent Examples of leagued The leagued released a scheduling matrix with KU playing 18 Big 12 games. — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leagued
  1. united
  2. collaborated
  3. cooperated
  4. allied
  5. federated
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  • Kemp and Jackson united at the Georgia Chamber’s annual congressional luncheon for the first time since Jackson’s party-rattling primary win.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Right’s multiculturalism Meanwhile, the American right was increasingly united less by biological notions of race and more by opposition to multiculturalism, feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and liberalism.
    — Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of united
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  • The creative duo, which previously collaborated on To the Night, co-wrote the screenplay, inspired by true events, and developed it with people without housing.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen have only collaborated once, but their sole duet is a major hit.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of collaborated
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  • The State Department said Tecnotex has worked to refurbish Cuba’s Russian-origin helicopter fleet and has previously cooperated with North Korea.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In a Facebook statement, Cole said her son fully cooperated with investigators and denied allegations that the family had interfered with the investigation.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of cooperated
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  • After a nine-month pause, Houthi militants in Yemen allied to Iran resumed attacks on vessels in the Red Sea on July 22, 2026, directly targeting the group’s longtime foe Saudi Arabia.
    — Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Today, however, several armed groups allied with Tehran are back to pressuring Iran’s foes by opening new fronts that complicate the war and threaten to choke the global economy.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of allied
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  • The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time, members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community and national organizations.
    — Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The order covers federated IT systems and mission platforms across all services.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of federated

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