mainstay

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Scams have become a "mainstay" of modern crime and are "increasingly difficult to investigate because of their transnational nature", said Jeffery Chin, deputy director at the police Scam Public Education Office.

From Barron's

And for most of that time, sheep were the mainstay of the business.

From BBC

Manchester City winger Lauren Hemp has been a mainstay in the starting XI and told the Women's Football Weekly podcast "it's really important to have a good connection" with the left-back.

From BBC

But the goal this spring is for him to cement himself as a mainstay in the club’s pitching rotation.

From Los Angeles Times

Buttler, who signed a new two-year central contract last year, has been a mainstay of England's white-ball teams for more than a decade.

From BBC