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He issued a no-bid contract to a company that botched the renovation, according to staunch Trump loyalist Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

As energy secretary in Sir Keir Starmer's government, Ed Miliband was a staunch supporter of Labour's manifesto position.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Maduro had long been a staunch ally of Cuba.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

“He was a staunch pro-life senator with no equal.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

In my mind, she’d been so vigorous, so staunch, that surely if death was to approach her, she would give it a good tongue-lashing and send it on its way.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

But the bulldog in Grant was never of stauncher breed than on that day.

From The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

But he later became one of his staunchest backers.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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

“He became one of my staunchest supporters and schooled me on whom I could trust and whom I could never turn my back on.”

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026

In a high-profile summit Tuesday, the leaders of Japan and South Korea—two of the U.S.’s staunchest allies—put on a display of unity in the face of rising economic, technological and military pressures from China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 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