staunch
Example Sentences
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Take, for example, Kennedy’s staunch rejection of germ theory in favor of “miasma theory.”
From Salon
But he kept Spain neutral in the war, and proved, in the Cold War years, a staunch anticommunist who worked with America.
Last year, for example, he sided with Elon Musk, a staunch proponent of the H-1B work visa program typically used by foreign professionals in fields such as engineering, technology and medicine.
Ukraine’s staunch defense of Bakhmut, a small city of limited strategic value, has come at a high cost, with some of its most experienced soldiers killed in action there over the past year.
From New York Times
They are powerful, advanced democracies and staunch U.S. allies in a region beset with autocratic threats.
From Seattle Times
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