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unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement
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Recent Examples of spearheaded
Wendy Mireles, co-owner of Café Corazón, a Mexican restaurant with locations in Bay View, Brown Deer and Riverwest, spearheaded the event.
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Former President Joe Biden spearheaded a nationwide student loan forgiveness effort during his administration, managing to cancel student loans for more than 5 millions Americans.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Project 2025 is a sweeping policy agenda spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation that lays out hundreds of recommendations for the next Republican president to drastically reshape the federal government in alignment with a conservative, free-market agenda.
—Connor Greene, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors in Tallahassee are convening a grand jury relating to the Hope Florida Foundation, reinvigorating a scandal that has engulfed the charity spearheaded by Casey DeSantis, the governor’s wife.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Launched by producer Vanessa Djian and publicist Karolyne Leibovici in 2019, Girls Supports Girls will be hosting a five-day program in Kigali, spearheaded by Éliane Umuhire, the rising Franco-Rwandan actress and producer.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Penn, a Leawood resident, spearheaded a neighborhood effort to preserve the City Hall as the city launched the early stages of a master plan for the old building, the old fire station and additional land on 96th Street and Lee Boulevard.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
These chemical efforts were spearheaded in part by Lord Kelvin (creator of the eponymous temperature scale).
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
The bench mob is spearheaded by DeWanna Bonner, who is seeking her third WNBA ring at age 38.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Former President Joe Biden spearheaded a nationwide student loan forgiveness effort during his administration, managing to cancel student loans for more than 5 millions Americans.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Project 2025 is a sweeping policy agenda spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation that lays out hundreds of recommendations for the next Republican president to drastically reshape the federal government in alignment with a conservative, free-market agenda.
—Connor Greene, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors in Tallahassee are convening a grand jury relating to the Hope Florida Foundation, reinvigorating a scandal that has engulfed the charity spearheaded by Casey DeSantis, the governor’s wife.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Launched by producer Vanessa Djian and publicist Karolyne Leibovici in 2019, Girls Supports Girls will be hosting a five-day program in Kigali, spearheaded by Éliane Umuhire, the rising Franco-Rwandan actress and producer.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Penn, a Leawood resident, spearheaded a neighborhood effort to preserve the City Hall as the city launched the early stages of a master plan for the old building, the old fire station and additional land on 96th Street and Lee Boulevard.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
These chemical efforts were spearheaded in part by Lord Kelvin (creator of the eponymous temperature scale).
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
The bench mob is spearheaded by DeWanna Bonner, who is seeking her third WNBA ring at age 38.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spearheaded
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The commonwealth has been without an operational freestanding birthing center since the 1980s, said Mary Kathryn DeLodder, director of the Kentucky Birth Coalition — a grassroots organization that led the charge in advocating for legislation loosening regulations for the facilities.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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When his rehab finally progressed enough over the summer to return to game action, his curiosities led him to teammate Harrison Barnes.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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In Los Angeles, Magic and Cookie Johnson, Don Cheadle, and Tina Knowles gathered for HollyRod Foundation’s annual DesignCare Gala, as Kerry Washington and Kamala Harris each commanded attention on opposite coasts.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
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Officers found the man based on a description provided by the 911 caller and commanded him to lie on the ground, Bower said.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Spearheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spearheaded. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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