leading figure
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A veteran figure on Labour's progressive left as the founder of the pressure group Compass, Lawson has also been a leading figure in the fairly new organisation Mainstream, which has generally been seen as Burnham-aligned.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Eager to learn more, I attended a workshop led by the Dutch-born psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, a leading figure in trauma research whose 2014 book, The Body Keeps the Score, was a bestseller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Dr Esther Xosei, a British scholar, activist and leading figure in the global reparations movement, welcomed the vote but doubts it will make much difference on its own.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
His father was at the time emerging as a leading figure in the opposition to the U.S.-backed monarch who then ruled Iran, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Within months, he had been elected to the Congress of People's Deputies as a leading figure of the movement for democracy in Russia.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
