Sentence examples for staunch enemy from inspiring English sources

After that, he was regarded as a scourge of India's 12% Muslim minority and a staunch enemy of Pakistan.

"One day he was a good friend of Saddam Hussein, and then he became a staunch enemy," he said.

Former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili, a staunch enemy of the Kremlin, is now a highly popular governor in Odessa.

Berlin has often been interpreted, not unreasonably, as a staunch enemy of the concept of positive liberty.

Lokodo is often considered a staunch enemy of the LGBTI community, due to national crusades like his 2012 campaign to ban 38 non-governmental organizations in the country that he believed were promoting homosexuality.

I was not alone in finding the bin Laden death celebrations rather off-putting: the death of anybody, even a staunch enemy, is a somber and macabre subject to me and not an occasion of merrymaking.

The Houthis and Iran are staunch enemies of al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the most active branch of the franchise, outside Syria and Iraq.

"New York is a more diverse place because of rent stabilization, and I say that as a staunch and steadfast enemy of rent stabilization".

Western and Israeli security officials say most of Hezbollah's rockets have been provided by Iran, one of Israel's staunchest enemies.

Although few expect that Mr. Assad can reassert his authority over the whole of Syria, even some of his staunchest enemies acknowledge that his position is stronger than it has been in months.

For five years starting in 2010, I served as The Post's Washington Nationals beat reporter, a job packed with travel and long nights — two of the staunchest enemies of healthful eating.