special relationship

English

Proper noun

the special relationship

  1. (diplomacy, politics) The political and diplomatic relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom beginning in the World War II era.
    • 2003, Richard Curtis, Love Actually, spoken by US president (Billy Bob Thornton):
      Very satisfactory indeed. We got what we came for, and our special relationship is still very special.
    • 2025 July 28, John Crace, “Sidekick Starmer can’t get a word in as The Donald dominates world’s most one-sided double act”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      On the table of the games room in which they had been penned, there were plates of sandwiches and biscuits. Just not for them. They were only for the US press corps. The Brits had to bring a packed lunch. Clearly, the special relationship still has a way to go.
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