- signed a pact
- joined in alliance, joined together in agreement
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Pact of Steel — Infobox Treaty name = Pact of Steel long name = Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy image width = caption = type = date drafted = date signed = May 22, 1939 location signed = Berlin, Germany date sealed = date effective =… … Wikipedia
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Pact of Biak-na-Bato — The Pact of Biak na Bato, signed in December 14, 1897, created a truce between Spanish Colonial Governor General Fernando Primo de Rivera and Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution. Aguinaldo and his fellow revolutionaries were given… … Wikipedia
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