Sentence examples for staunch backers from inspiring English sources

The Myanmar conflict has thrust the Chinese government, one of Myanmar's only staunch backers, into an awkward situation.

Those militias — controlled by Suleimani — are staunch backers of the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, in Baghdad.

Most of Uefa's members will back Ali in Friday's election though some, including Russia and Spain, will remain staunch backers of the incumbent.

His triumphal progress with al-Aqsa fighters in Gaza this week was both a show of strength and a reminder of potential weakness: they were of a branch loyal to Muhammad Dahlan, the Gaza security chief who is one of Mr Abbas's staunch backers, and thus one of his chief props.Mr Abbas therefore needs to win comfortably.

The controversy about the August sarin gas attacks was reignited this month when a well-known U.S. journalist, Seymour Hersh, wrote an article in the London Review of Books alleging that Turkish officials — staunch backers of the Syrian rebels — helped mount the assault in an effort to force U.S. airstrikes.

Despite the slim chances for repeal, Conyers and other boosters for the idea are hoping to find allies among organized labor and other progressive factions defending entitlement programs, and perhaps even some staunch backers of defense spending on the other side of the aisle.

He's a staunch backer of Goldman Sachs, for all its ethical failings.

During their initial discussions about organizing the meeting, the Russians argued that Iran, a staunch backer of the Assad government, be included.

That may have backfired: Mr D'Alema, a staunch backer of ISAF, angrily dismissed the move as interference by outsiders in Italy's democracy.

Attiyah said it was up to Syrians to decide whether Iran, a staunch backer of the Syrian government, should be invited to Geneva.

In April, the Fanjul family hosted a fund-raiser for Senator Marco Rubio, of Florida, another candidate for President and, despite his ties to the Tea Party, a staunch backer of price supports for sugar.