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staunch

[stawnch, stahnch] / stɔntʃ, stɑntʃ /


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Staunch U.S. ally King Abdullah had called on the intelligence services to limit activities to national security and fighting terrorism, in a rebuke to the agency with a pervasive influence in public life.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2022

Staunch conservative and former defence minister Peter Dutton will now be opposition leader, after he was chosen by the Liberal Party to replace Mr Morrison.

From BBC • May 30, 2022

Staunch had done a psychological evaluation in September that found she was competent to stand trial.

From Washington Times • Jan. 19, 2021

Staunch New Yorker Woody Allen got a lot of his anger toward Los Angeles out through this film.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2017

Staunch men were they—these Puritan fathers of Andover.

From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher




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