crusade
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Strickland, who is Hilton’s campaign chair, swears that he and his former colleagues didn’t plan to take their crusade statewide, but “when you do a great job, other opportunities present themselves.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
This dissent marked an escalation in Jackson’s crusade against shadow docket abuses.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026
Brought alongside six other high-profile figures, including pop icon Elton John and his husband David Furnish, it is the prince's last active legal case in his long-running crusade against the British media.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
His crusade to cut red tape and ease zoning rules has pitted him against environmentalists and Nimby activists while winning praise from developers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Wildly exaggerated accounts of German atrocities inflamed public opinion and bolstered support for a war that was increasingly seen as a crusade against barbaric German militarism.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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