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staunch

[stawnch, stahnch] / stɔntʃ, stɑntʃ /


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

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, for years a staunch supporter of settlers, said there was "no excuse for such thuggish behaviour".

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

He issued a no-bid contract to a company that botched the renovation, according to staunch Trump loyalist Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2026

Following the meetings, all three men attended the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who up until his death on July 11 was a staunch supporter of both Ukraine and Israel.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

A staunch Republican, he was also elected to local office.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

Constantine rose, frowning down at her with an 67 expression that would have frightened a good many women stauncher than Mary Faithful.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley

But he later became one of his staunchest backers.

From BBC Jul. 12, 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

Poland and Lithuania are among the staunchest supporters of Kyiv in the European Union, and both have recently supplied hundreds of generators to the war-torn country.

From Barron's Jan. 25, 2026

The Aristotelian wall was crumbling, thanks to the influence of the Muslims and the Hindus, and by the 1400s even the staunchest European supporters of Aristotelianism had their doubts.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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