Still, the issues on which he and his commanders stood ground till the last moment were more than technicalities.
The Washington Post listened to the Romney side of the story but stood its ground.
Heart pounding in my chest, I stood my ground, eyes unblinkingly focused on every movement of the big elephant.
Serra has stood his ground and refused throughout his career to use snitches in the cases he represents.
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But the MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, resisting pressure from Mr Mbeki, stood his ground and refused to participate.
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Ms. Sharif and her brother were arrested and detained for six hours, during which time she stood her ground.
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Instead, they stood their ground in the face of approaching enemy, risked their lives, and carried me to safety.
Mr Osborne may have been the most relieved because he made no gaffes and stood his ground under attack.
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Robben delayed his shot but, equally, Casillas stood his ground as long as possible and brilliantly saved with his legs.
Then it was the Caps turn at the other end as Lundqvist stood his ground when Ovechkin cut to the net.
He also stood his ground against gay marriage -- an issue that has received mixed responses from the African American community.
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Because we stood our ground, it meant that every single United States citizen had a chance to make his or her voice heard.
But Curry, with his board firmly behind him, stood his ground.
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Instead, he stood his ground with dignity, took a handkerchief out of his pocket, wiped off the spit, threw the handkerchief on the ground and left.
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He poured cold water on the significance of a clash between Gilchrist and Craig McMillan, when the Kiwi batsman stood his ground after apparently edging a catch.
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The Bulls stood their ground even though Hinrich missed his second straight game with a bruised left calf, and Deng got sent home from the arena with flu-like symptoms, forcing coach Tom Thibodeau to shuffle the lineup.
Kallis stood his ground and appeared incensed when given out by the third umpire, but there appeared little doubt either that he had edged in flat-footed fashion or that the ball had carried through low to Prior.
But Tony had stood his ground.
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The Oval was rocking to the beat of West Indian celebrations but the whole ground stood to applaud Gayle's 23-ball half-century, secured with a tidy single to log-off.
Major League Baseball teams have been good to their owners, with many clubs not only holding, but increasing their value while nearly every sector of the economy stood on shaky ground.
While Clinton stood on solid ground in New York City, she repeatedly visited the suburbs, campaigning intensively on issues that appeal to voters there such as education, health care and the environment.
Throughout a whole century the American people stood liberty's ground not just in one world war but in two.
Politically, he stood on the middle ground: fundamentally conservative (supporting the Nicaraguan contras, school prayer and guns) but bravely outspoken, especially as a southerner, on civil rights.
He grew up on the left and assumed that the left stood on the moral high ground.
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