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She is a staunch defender of the Scandinavian country's famed welfare state, with an attitude that resonates with many Swedes, regularly topping opinion polls on the country's most trusted politicians.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Doing so may staunch the sharp selloff in the $31.5 trillion Treasury market that has pushed long-end yields to their highest levels in decades.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

He won a seat in Congress in 2022, the same year he and Emily Moreno—whose father is Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, a staunch Trump ally—married at one of Trump’s golf clubs.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, a staunch proponent of open-weight tools, has been among the executives discussing AI oversight with the White House in recent weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

There the city’s Biirgermeister, a staunch Nazi by the name of Carl Vincent Krogmann, delivered a long welcoming oration in German.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Two years after the WTO's last ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi failed to make meaningful progress on key issues like fisheries and agriculture, the organisation's 166 members will be facing even stauncher challenges in Yaounde.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

However, the source said Reeker tried to get the agency to issue a stauncher defense of Yovanovitch.

From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2019

He conceived it as an alternative to 4chan, one with an even stauncher commitment to anything-goes content moderation.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019

Saudi Arabia and the U.S. strongly backed Hadi, and the new president proved a stauncher ally to the U.S. than Saleh in the fight against al-Qaida’s branch in the country.

From Time ● Mar. 22, 2015

Mr. M'Kinlay was delighted; he had not been without certain misgivings, as he journeyed along over the Alps, that he might have shown himself a stronger, stauncher friend to Vyner in his hour of adversity.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Charles James Lever

When negotiations grew difficult, he could become inflexible, leaving even the bill’s staunchest allies in the Senate feeling slighted, people involved in the process said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Germany has long been among Israel's staunchest allies, something Berlin has grounded in the country's responsibility for the Holocaust.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

Laura Ingraham, one of Trump’s staunchest on-air defenders, wondered aloud on her Fox show on Monday.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026

At Granja Elena in Zona Franca, I enjoyed a tomato and scallop tartare that could entice even the staunchest carnivore.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025

Her father was the staunchest man who'd ever lived, and she had no doubt that he would call his banners . . . but would the banners come?

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin