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to serve as leader of
- unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement
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nounSynonyms of spearhead (Entry 2 of 2)
as in forefront, vanguard
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“Spearhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spearhead. Accessed 1 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of spearhead was in the 14th century
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