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staunch

[stawnch, stahnch] / stɔntʃ, stɑntʃ /


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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

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

He fumbled for a bandage to staunch the commander’s bleeding.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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

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

No braver or more gallant Englishman—no nobler or stauncher friend—ever lived than he.

From The Missing Merchantman by William Heysham Overend

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

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

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




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