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Waaka scored her second try to close the gap before the break, but after the interval Fiji's staunch defence still refused to give way.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Councilmember Traci Park, a staunch supporter of plate reader technology, said there is an urgent need to get the devices “up and running.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

Mistral, for its part, has been a staunch defender of open-weight models, saying they give users the flexibility to tailor them to their needs while protecting their data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

But he had still acquired a hero’s reputation for bravery and staunch leadership under fire.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Two years after the WTO's last ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi failed to make meaningful progress on key issues like fisheries and agriculture, member states face even stauncher challenges.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 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

Ah! if they were all like her, if she were a representative of the whole nation of France, the young adventurer would have gone to his hazardous expedition with a stauncher and a lighter heart.

From Petticoat Rule by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

“Even the staunchest champion won’t succeed if the world isn’t ready,” Mr. Byrne writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026

Poland and Lithuania are among the staunchest supporters of Kyiv in the European Union, and both have recently supplied hundreds of generators to the war-torn country.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 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

“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