The teacher's union has found an unlikely 'ally' in the company. [=the company supports the position that the union has taken and this was not expected]
He'll even admit that he's hoping to 'ally' himself 'to' a wealthy family by marriage.
countries 'allying' themselves 'with' the EU
(..) And I'm here to fulfill Ra's Al Ghul's destiny. You fight like a younger man. Nothing held back. Admirable... but mistaken. Oh, you think darkness is your ally... But you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man. (..)2012 The Dark Knight Rises