through thick and thin
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It needed supporters who cheered for their team through thick and thin, not curious, casual fans who came out to see whatever big-name player was passing through town but never came back.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
“China has always stood in solidarity through thick and thin with the Global South, including Latin America and the Caribbean,” said the 6,700-word policy paper, China’s first on the region in almost a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
Over the years, a friendship formed between the singer and Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis, with Strummer attending the festival "through thick and thin".
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
I guarantee that the ever-growing, multi-partisan, pro-democracy army keeps working through thick and thin.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
But they belonged to a fiercely loyal Irish community that they could count on to stand together through thick and thin.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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