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He was far from a natural bedfellow of Jeremy Corbyn but insisted the left-wing campaigner - who opposed nearly all of what New Labour stood for - had "proved himself", and urged dissident MPs to support him.

From BBC

Sahar said she went home and started googling Java and “became extremely enamored with her beauty and what she stood for.”

One consequence was that a lot of people remained unsure what she stood for.

From Salon

He also began campaigning for the legalisation of cannabis and stood for election to Parliament in 1997 on a single-issue ticket of reforming drugs laws.

From BBC

"Anna stood for and fought for equality, for women’s rights, against discrimination including racism, and for a political system to serve the needs of people rather than reinforce historic divisions," they added.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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