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supporters

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a person who actively supports or favors a cause President Lyndon B. Johnson was a strong supporter of civil rights

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someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support even the President's supporters acknowledge that some of the criticism is justified

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Recent Examples of supporters After losing the Chinese Civil War to Mao and his Communist forces, the Nationalist government and its supporters fled in 1949 to the island of Taiwan and continued to rule as the Republic of China’s government in exile. —

Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026 One of the biggest flashpoints came in November when Van de Ven and Djed Spence walked straight down the tunnel without acknowledging the supporters after a 1-0 defeat at home by rivals Chelsea. —

Jay Harris, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026 The bill limits institutional investors from buying single-family homes, which supporters say would cut competition and benefit homebuyers. —

Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026 The bill also bars supporters of terrorist groups from receiving any state funding, including institutions receiving school choice scholarship money — a response to reports of Islamic schools receiving vouchers. —

Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026 Joseph and his supporters were clad in green and white and marched somberly to the election council’s headquarters. —

ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026 If a judge does not block the initiative and supporters gather the roughly 13,000 signatures needed to qualify it, the measure could appear on the ballot for El Dorado County voters. —

Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026 Despite his detractors in Colorado, Rae has many supporters there, too. —

Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026 The comparison likely delighted Israel’s longest-serving leader, whose supporters rapidly shared the article on social media. —

Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026

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Ironically, bell-to-bell ban proponents like Britt-Friedman are also worried about children’s safety — but the danger that animates them is the phone itself.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
Now, the hospital, which treats mostly people involved with the justice system, is expanding to alleviate the county’s overlapping mental health and homelessness crisis, in what proponents described as a more compassionate approach than in the past.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026