And fans have formed broader allegiances.

Pentagon officials say that Mr. Hekmatyar is providing leadership to former Taliban units and that he has formed allegiances with Taliban and Qaeda commanders.

Because the disputes are often fleeting, suburban gang members are less likely to form long-term allegiances or wear gang colors that identify their affiliation.

Research on fan socialization investigates how people are originally socialized as sports fans, and also examines the reasons why people form allegiances towards specific teams.

To trust an edas'antai was one thing, but to gather a group of like-minded Kessentai, to form wide allegiances and to advocate "thinking like the enemy" was not the Way of the Path.

Pelor and Nerull had yet to form allegiances to Good or Evil in those days; they were most interested in maintaining the balance between Law and Chaos.

His hosts, the Pattons, use their dietary preferences as a tool with which to form allegiances and exert power - and as a weapon with which to cause pain, to struggle for self-determination.

Unless everybody had clearly defined responsibilities, the group tended to form shifting allegiances, two against one.

This wry and moving novel employs, of all things, choices about eating as rituals used to form allegiances and exert household power in India and America.

Historically, Mestiços formed social and cultural allegiances with Portuguese colonists, subsequently identifying with the Portuguese over and above their indigenous identities.