staunch
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But Councilmember Traci Park, a staunch Flock supporter whose district stretches from Pacific Palisades to LAX, said license plate data helped solve at least one drive-by shooting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The 50-year-old Englishman was among a plethora of stars lured by LIV when the Saudi Arabia-backed project was launched in 2022 and was a staunch defender of the circuit when it was criticised.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Some advised him to head to Belarus, a staunch Russian ally, and then to Armenia, where he would be stuck in legal limbo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Along with its neighbours, Latvia and Lithuania, the country has ramped up defence investment and remains a staunch ally of Kyiv.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
By this standard, Jefferson was a more reliable colleague than staunch Federalists who had been reluctant or merely peripheral participants in the climactic phase of the revolutionary drama.
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
Yet serene amid the ruins towered his valiant spirit, conscious under the catastrophe of its power to build other and yet stauncher idols.
From The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson
“Even the staunchest champion won’t succeed if the world isn’t ready,” Mr. Byrne writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The bill is named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham, one of Ukraine's staunchest defenders in Washington before his death on 11 July.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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
“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
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