proponent

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"It was an intelligence failure," says Cheong Seong-chang, a North Korea watcher and vice-president at Sejong Institute who was an early proponent of the theory that Ju Ae will become the heir.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Verma has been a longtime proponent of using alternative assets to diversify his clients’ investments and hedge against risk in their equity portfolios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Kennedy is also, fittingly for his family’s reputation for being full of robust outdoorsmen, a big proponent of getting outside into the woods—advice being made dangerous by the ticks.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

Mark Kelly is the latest proponent of the “Everyone is 12” theory.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

In the 1970s, the famed Tyrolean alpinist Reinhold Messner emerged as the leading proponent of gasless climbing, declaring that he would ascend Everest “by fair means” or not at all.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer