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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
realign .
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Examples
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Diamond and Kenny write that the conference "may well be a foretaste of the kind of realigned, plural politics that Labour will need to undertake if it is to challenge the coalition".
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Even though there was a breakdown in relations between the two, they were legally obliged to work together and recommended that their attitudes be "realigned".
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In fact, they say it was not connected to the current election cycle, but based on their conviction that the strategy in Iraq needs to be "realigned," something they believe will not happen while Rumsfeld is still at the helm -- Lou.
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Turns out that Brunswick Naval Air Station, while not closed, will be "realigned" into mothball status.
The price must be paid... jhetley 2005
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There was an item on Dustbury last week about refineries post-Katrina, linking to Hatless in Hattiesburg's suggestion to replace refineries which were destroyed or disabled by Katrina with new refineries on military bases slated for being "realigned," and to Engine of the Future's suggestion to lift for three years the EPA regulations requiring different fuel blends for different regions, so that gasoline can be shipped wherever it's needed, avoiding artificial shortages.
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There was an item on Dustbury last week about refineries post-Katrina, linking to Hatless in Hattiesburg's suggestion to replace refineries which were destroyed or disabled by Katrina with new refineries on military bases slated for being "realigned," and to Engine of the Future's suggestion to lift for three years the EPA regulations requiring different fuel blends for different regions, so that gasoline can be shipped wherever it's needed, avoiding artificial shortages.
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Diamond and Kenny write that the conference "may well be a foretaste of the kind of realigned, plural politics that Labour will need to undertake if it is to challenge the coalition".
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Gap Adventures of Toronto recently notified the couple that the adventure package they had purchased had been "realigned" to a younger demographic that would "likely be in the 18 to 39 age range."
The Seattle Times 2010
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The particular constellation of religion and politics in contemporary America is the product of a particular set of historical contingencies—the shock and aftershocks that realigned the world of morality and religion and the strategic decisions of party leaders about how to respond to that new cleavage.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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When the national political parties were demographically realigned in the 1930s, both Italian Americans and African Americans moved overwhelmingly to the Democratic Party and remained solid voting blocs for the Democrats for the next thirty years.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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