staunch
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Following the FBI duo as they search for a missing colleague, Carter’s director’s cut is for the most staunch sci-fi fans, those who crave every little bit of “X-Files” lore they can get.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, for years a staunch supporter of settlers, said there was "no excuse for such thuggish behaviour".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
He swiftly selected Richard Grenell, a former ambassador to Germany and a staunch ally, as acting director of the center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He won a seat in Congress in 2022, the same year he and Emily Moreno—whose father is Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, a staunch Trump ally—married at one of Trump’s golf clubs.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
In the Continental Congress, John Adams had described him as a staunch advocate of independence who never uttered more than two or three sentences, even in committees.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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
He could afford to do so because England south of the Trent remained stauncher to him than England north of it did to the Pilgrimage.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
But he later became one of his staunchest backers.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
There was my mom, my staunchest support, whose vigilance had saved me from languishing in a dreary second-grade classroom.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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