crusader

Example Sentences

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But unlike that Oscar winner, “Two Prosecutors” has a man of conscience at its center — a confident crusader who becomes increasingly puny in the face of Stalin’s Soviet Union.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

A self-styled anti-corruption crusader, Yoon rose from star prosecutor to South Korean president in just a few years.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Medroso alternatively played the roles of detective, crusader and plaintiff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

Hawke’s rangy crusader happens to be a magnet for that type of trouble.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

What’s more, here was a way for Hoover, a deskbound functionary, to cast himself as a dashing figure—a crusader for the modern scientific age.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann