as in proponents
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
a deserving cause in need of a charismatic white knight who will galvanize public support
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Recent Examples of white knights
But on insurer earnings calls, the payers position themselves as white knights sounding the alarm on providers using AI to raise health care costs to an unsustainable level.
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Brittany Trang,
STAT,
8 Apr. 2026
That city’s storied but dilapidated Winter Palace hotel is a prime target for a top-tier operator, with both Orient-Express and Belmond whispered as would-be white knights.
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Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
21 Dec. 2025
Brittany Trang,
STAT,
8 Apr. 2026
That city’s storied but dilapidated Winter Palace hotel is a prime target for a top-tier operator, with both Orient-Express and Belmond whispered as would-be white knights.
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Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
21 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white knights
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Stream-access proponents took a similar approach in 2010, after a landowner on the Taylor River strung cables from bank to bank to keep a rafting company from floating down.
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Many proponents believe that access to affordable models will act as a leveler, allowing smaller enterprises to innovate, test, and gain insights in ways previously that were previously much more challenging.
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The House passed a bipartisan package of children’s online safety bills in a 267-117 vote Monday, advancing legislation that supporters say would better protect children online but critics warn could threaten privacy and free expression.
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Meanwhile, singing anthems at England national team matches is nothing new for English supporters.
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For some longtime advocates, the fear is more than just existential.
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The ruling was a setback for gun control advocates that had argued the measures were necessary for public safety in places like shopping malls, bars, restaurants, theaters, farms, arenas and private beaches.
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This movement, known as critical legal studies, was associated with the political left, and its exponents, known as crits, loved to disparage liberal theorists’ devotion to the Constitution as naïve and counterproductive.
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Of course, Huang wasn’t talking to just anyone, but one of the chief exponents of the wealth tax, nationwide and in California.
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“White knights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20knights. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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