staunch opponent

collocation in English

meaningsofstaunchandopponent

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staunch
adjective
uk
/stɔːntʃ/us
/stɑːntʃ/
always loyal in supporting a person, organization, or set of beliefs ...
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opponent
noun[C]
uk
/əˈpəʊ.nənt/us
/əˈpoʊ.nənt/
a person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to ...
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(Definition ofstaunchandopponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thestaunchopponentof the mobile canteen within sight of his house may not be averse to patronising one for a cheap snack when travelling many miles away from home.
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I am astaunchopponentof it.
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Astaunchopponentof her uncle's unionist religious policies, she was exiled and became a nun.
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He was astaunchopponentof casteism and defended the oppressed and the oppressed.
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He continued to be astaunchopponentof vaccination until his death in 1916.
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He had played a key role in the strike of 1934 and was astaunchopponentof organized labor.
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After three months of service he was discharged due to a heart ailment, returning as a pacifist and astaunchopponentof war.
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Dumke was astaunchopponentof student and faculty strikes in the period of unrest from 1965 to 1971, issuing a ban on faculty strikes in 1969.
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Hildeprand remained astaunchopponentof the papacy thereafter.
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Castberg, on the other hand, had marked himself as astaunchopponentof the union.
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Stubbs became astaunchopponentof alcohol consumption.
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Stafford was astaunchopponentof deregulation.
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