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Some advised him to head to Belarus, a staunch Russian ally, and then to Armenia, where he would be stuck in legal limbo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

On the eve of the new term, Justice Samuel Alito, a staunch conservative, gave a rare public interview in which he told Fox News Sunday he was "concerned about the future of the court."

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 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

They could also have come from "staunch supporters of the government".

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ray was a staunch trade unionist, a member of the Cape executive and the Communist Party, and the first ANC leader to be arrested in the Defiance Campaign.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

But he—he was stauncher; he was most to be trusted when the game seemed all but lost.

From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Coningsby Dawson

The bill is named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham, one of Ukraine's staunchest defenders in Washington before his death on 11 July.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

That story, published Monday, was too much even for his staunchest backers.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

In the year commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it is supremely ironic that 2026 could also mark a similar declaration by America’s historically staunchest allies.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

Some of those countries, such as Estonia, Lithuania and Poland, are now some of the alliance’s staunchest members.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

“Well, your father’s on the board of directors and Henry’s one of the staunchest members.”

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee