Thesaurus / staunch
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Today, organized teachers stand among the staunchest opponents to charter schools, but it wasn’t always that way.
ORGANIZED TEACHERS DREAMED UP CHARTER SCHOOLS — BUT THEIR VISION GOT HIJACKEDJON HALEAUGUST 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOne area that has seen massive improvement over the last century is battlefield medicine, where staunching bleeding, speeding evacuation, and rendering aid all mitigate harm already done.
MICROSCOPIC MESH COULD BE THE KEY TO LIGHTER, STRONGER BODY ARMORCHARLOTTE HUAUGUST 22, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIf a soldier can get the wound closed in time, they can staunch the loss, but keeping the patient alive may require an influx of new blood.
DRONES COULD HELP SAVE SOLDIERS’ LIVES BY DELIVERING BLOOD ON DEMANDROB VERGERJULY 25, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEDorsey has been a staunch bitcoin advocate for years, but how it would be put into action on Twitter’s platform had not yet been spelled out in detail.
JACK DORSEY SAYS BITCOIN WILL BE A BIG PART OF TWITTER’S FUTURESARAH PEREZJULY 23, 2021TECHCRUNCHThat’s why he’s been a staunch advocate for health care as a human right his entire adult life.
THE TRAILER: RANKED-CHOICE WINNERS, SPECIAL ELECTION BATTLE LINES, AND THE REPUBLICAN WHO WANTS ANOTHER 2020 AUDITDAVID WEIGELJULY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBritish physician and author Arthur Conan Doyle, of Sherlock Holmes fame, was a staunch believer.
HOW HANS BERGER’S QUEST FOR TELEPATHY SPURRED MODERN BRAIN SCIENCELAURA SANDERSJULY 6, 2021SCIENCE NEWSKaestel has found a staunch advocate in Duda, who never imagined he’d be fighting for a man he met for 90 minutes, 22 years ago.
HE ROBBED A TACO JOINT WITH A TOY WATER GUN FOR $264. HE GOT LIFE IN PRISON.KATE BRIQUELETMAY 31, 2021THE DAILY BEASTIt is a further refinement when the staunch little lover of liberty sets about "easing" the pressure of commands.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYUntil his death, not long ago, we often corresponded on railway and other matters, and he was always my staunch friend.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWThey then became as staunch in the principles of the Reformation as they had previously been firm in papal policy.
THE CHILDHOOD OF DISTINGUISHED WOMENSELINA A. BOWERWORDS RELATED TO STAUNCH
- able
- able-bodied
- active
- athletic
- big
- capable
- durable
- enduring
- energetic
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- forceful
- forcible
- hale
- hard as nails
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- in fine feather
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- be out for blood
- bent
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- intense
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- playing hard ball
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- upright
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- hefty
- husky
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- powerhouse
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- steamroller
- stout
- stouthearted
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- sturdy
- substantial
- tenacious
- tough
- unafraid
- undaunted
- valorous
- vigorous
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