unholy alliance

collocation in English

meaningsofunholyandalliance

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unholy
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈhəʊ.li/us
/ʌnˈhoʊ.li/
used to describe a combination of things when it is very bad, harmful, ...
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alliance
noun[C]
uk
/əˈlaɪ.əns/us
/əˈlaɪ.əns/
a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests ...
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(Definition ofunholyandalliancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is theunholyalliance.
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That sounds anunholyalliance.
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There is nounholyalliance.
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It is almost perhaps anunholyalliance.
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There was anunholyalliancebetween us.
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What anunholyalliancethat is.
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It is not anunholyalliance.
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I am not sure that it was anunholyalliance.
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We know this, that it is a mostunholyalliance.
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We feared anunholyallianceof politics and pensions.
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Therefore, there was thisunholyalliance, and this delay.
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This could be a kind ofunholyalliance.
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Opposing these novel changes is anunholyalliance.
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They are in anunholyallianceon the council.
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I might almost describe it as anunholyalliance.
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Indeed, in certain respects, we are anunholyalliance.
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Thatunholyalliancehas increased wages at a rate that is much higher than inflation.
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He accused them of reviving the "arsenic and old lace"unholyalliance.
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These two factions are now inunholyallianceattacking the new proposal.
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I have no doubt that there is someunholyalliancein this business.
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The two latter have formed what might be described as anunholyalliance.
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It was anunholyalliancedesigned over years to frustrate progress in that field.
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I was sitting in anunholyallianceelsewhere earlier today having cups of tea.
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I look upon it as a sort ofunholyallianceagainst these interesting and rare animals.
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Socialism was founded on theunholyalliancebetween producers and trade unions.
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