coalition

A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.countableuncountable

• The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.

A group of cheetahs.collectivecountablerare

• Majed Sultan Ali was on his second visit to the game reserve in a bid to photograph a coalition of cheetahs.
• This is the incredible moment a juvenile ostrich attempts to outrun a coalition of cheetahs that forms a central part of the latest BBC programme to be presented by Sir David Attenborough.