thick and thin
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“China has always stood in solidarity through thick and thin with the Global South, including Latin America and the Caribbean,” said the 6,700-word policy paper, China’s first on the region in almost a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
“Through thick and thin we have continually found our way back to each other and have chosen one another. Cheers to us, I love you.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025
"I want to thank you for sticking with me through thick and thin," he told the hundreds of fans who chanted his name.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024
I guarantee that the ever-growing, multi-partisan, pro-democracy army keeps working through thick and thin.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
Even if it was 30 miles from the village, I’d go on my own, through thick and thin, through the forest and deserts.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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