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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 swiftly selected Richard Grenell, a former ambassador to Germany and a staunch ally, as acting director of the center.

From Los Angeles Times 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

Somewhere between these positions is where I want us to end up: staunch because we understand the advantages of being staunch; flexible because we understand the rational and historical necessity to be flexible.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

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

But he later became one of his staunchest backers.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

That story, published Monday, was too much even for his staunchest backers.

From Slate Jul. 7, 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

Cambodia has long been one of China's staunchest allies in Southeast Asia, and Beijing has extended its influence over Phnom Penh in recent years.

From Barron's Jan. 24, 2026

There was my mom, my staunchest support, whose vigilance had saved me from languishing in a dreary second-grade classroom.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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