stick up for
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This doesn’t mean you don’t stick up for yourself now.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
“He always said he was trying to stick up for the little guy against the government,” said Doug Haines, a Hollywood resident who worked with Silverstein on more than a dozen lawsuits.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
Early in the show’s run, Todd Bridges’ Willis on “Diff’rent Strokes” defined the big brother, a partner in crime you could get in trouble with but would also stick up for you.
From Salon • Jul. 23, 2025
This was a kid who, if he saw his friends being bullied, he was going to stick up for them.
From Slate • Feb. 29, 2024
And even though Cecile didn’t bother to bring us here or stick up for Fern, the Black Panthers had slapped palms and said, “Those are Sister Inzilla’s, all right.”
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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