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She is a staunch defender of the Scandinavian country's famed welfare state, with an attitude that resonates with many Swedes, regularly topping opinion polls on the country's most trusted politicians.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Doing so may staunch the sharp selloff in the $31.5 trillion Treasury market that has pushed long-end yields to their highest levels in decades.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Mistral, for its part, has been a staunch defender of open-weight models, saying they give users the flexibility to tailor them to their needs while protecting their data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Maria Bartiromo, the conservative TV host known for her staunch support of Donald Trump, is out at Fox News.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Zeph had been a teacher in Orlando, and was a staunch opponent of Bantu Education, and one of the most level-headed of the PAC’s leaders.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Two years after the last ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi failed to make meaningful progress on key issues like fisheries and agriculture, member states face even stauncher challenges this time.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

However, the source said Reeker tried to get the agency to issue a stauncher defense of Yovanovitch.

From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2019

He conceived it as an alternative to 4chan, one with an even stauncher commitment to anything-goes content moderation.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019

Saudi Arabia and the U.S. strongly backed Hadi, and the new president proved a stauncher ally to the U.S. than Saleh in the fight against al-Qaida’s branch in the country.

From Time ● Mar. 22, 2015

Mr. M'Kinlay was delighted; he had not been without certain misgivings, as he journeyed along over the Alps, that he might have shown himself a stronger, stauncher friend to Vyner in his hour of adversity.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Charles James Lever

The bill is named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham, one of Ukraine's staunchest defenders in Washington before his death on 11 July.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Germany has long been among Israel's staunchest allies, something Berlin has grounded in the country's responsibility for the Holocaust.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

Laura Ingraham, one of Trump’s staunchest on-air defenders, wondered aloud on her Fox show on Monday.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026

Poland has long counted itself one of the U.S.’s staunchest allies since the end of the Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

“Well, your father’s on the board of directors and Henry’s one of the staunchest members.”

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee