stick up for
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For decades, Mark Mano’s brother, Barry Mano, would point to that night in Chicago as the moment he decided he needed to do something to stick up for the beleaguered class of sports officials.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
This doesn’t mean you don’t stick up for yourself now.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
“But we are going to do everything in our power to stick up for the community.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024
You either allow men to walk all over you and talk all over you, or you learn really quickly and very aggressively to stick up for yourself.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024
He was tired of letting Luke stick up for him at every moment.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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