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present tense third-person singular of spearhead
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to serve as leader of
- unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement
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spearheads
noun
plural of spearhead
Synonyms of spearheads (Entry 2 of 2)
as in forefronts, vanguards
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“Spearheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spearheads. Accessed 28 Jun. 2022.
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