1.   But Khodorkovsky has lost his allies.

2.   Critics have charged that we lost our allies in eastern Europe, that we surrendered these countries too easily and without compensation.

3.   He has lost his allies.

4.   Political analysts warned on Wednesday that Mugabe risked losing African allies if he continued to harass the opposition.

5.   The mercurial outfielder appeared to have lost every last ally in the organization before he departed in a swirl of acrimony and asked to be traded.

6.   The U.S. effort to keep pressure on Cuba has been steadily losing allies.

7.   With Sharif ousted, President Clinton loses an ally in his efforts to help stabilize relations between India and Pakistan.

8.   Does it lose allies?

9.   The division weakened the movement, which was also slowly losing allies.

10.   The Communists have failed to expand their support in recent years beyond their aging, nostalgic electorate, and have lost several allies in parliament.