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Dutch Social Democrat Lara Wolters, who had championed the original law, walked out of talks.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

It was the world's hyper power firmly turning its back on the globalisation process it had championed, and from which it handsomely profited in recent decades.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

Powell, the former corporate lawyer and decisive vote in Bakke, ultimately diverted the dream of class-based affirmative action that King and Douglas had championed.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

The Pasadena police detective turned private investigator had championed Velasquez’s cause for two decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Hamilton had not held national office for nine years and the Federalist cause he had championed was well on its way to oblivion.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis