Against
Supporting
Supporting adjective - Serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something.
Both words in one sentence
- He's a greedy opportunist who immediatly kisses Bard's ass after the death of the former chief, yet before that he was supporting the latter against him.
Source: Hate Sink / Live-Action Films -
Thousand Shinji: Rei's reaction to be rejected by Asuka was getting furious with her and Shinji, mistrusting them and not supporting them against Gendo.
Source: Not Good with Rejection -
King Richard and the Crusaders, from 1954 pits a knight of the Third Crusade not against the Muslims, but against the corrupt Christian "Castellains," while Saladin is played as a supporting hero by Rex Harrison.
Source: Useful Notes / The Crusades
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