staunch
Example Sentences
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New backers such as HSBC, previously staunch supporters of establishment events, are eye-catching additions to their sponsorship portfolio.
From BBC
Both in the show and in his personal life, Reiner was a staunch opponent of the Vietnam War and an outspoken liberal.
He’s no staunch anti-gambling advocate either: “I have nothing against sports gambling,” he said.
Theater owner trade group Cinema United has voiced staunch opposition to the deal, saying it represented an “unprecedented threat to the global exhibition business.”
From Los Angeles Times
Take, for example, Kennedy’s staunch rejection of germ theory in favor of “miasma theory.”
From Salon
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