Bill called on Americans to "forge new ties that bind together."

Nonetheless, he has been able to forge warmer ties with other Republicans.

At times, the push to change the party was not an easy one, but the effort helped forge long-lasting ties among the members.

The mills have also been working hard at forging closer ties with customers.

Being a leading global institution, it has forged close ties with 90 exchange universities in more than 20 countries.

The British also began to forge close ties with the Japanese.

Countries that were once proud economic nationalists are now trying to forge closer ties with the rest of the world.

The two nations forged stronger ties during the 1980s.

China is also trying to forge closer ties as a means to bring Taiwan back under its territorial domain.

At the same time, it has forged strong ties to the public sector through its hiring of highly regarded former city and state officials.