spearhead
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In the end, no deal was done – and perhaps the only flaw in Arsenal's current make-up is whether they carry a consistent spearhead threat up front.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The group went on to spearhead the battle against IS, which was defeated territorially in Syria four years later.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Redzepi plans to spearhead a division currently under the working title of Noma UFO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Mookie Betts stayed hot with his bases-loaded, two-run single off Padres starter Michael King to spearhead a three-run rally in the fifth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
I even used one of its bones for a spearhead.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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The empire’s signature advance for 1944, though not stopped, had been slowed, its spearheads blunted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But the teenage sensation still spearheads their team alongside the underrated Oyarzabal, who boasts a one-in-two scoring record for his country and has found the net five times at this World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Three-time losing finalist Medvedev is a dark horse after winning the lead-up Brisbane International, while American Learner Tien spearheads the new guard fresh from lifting the ATP Next Gen title.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
They discovered that the oldest known archaeological remains in North America — stone spearheads known as Clovis points — dated to the end of the ice age, suggesting that their arrival coincided with the extinctions.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
I forgot about the spearheads I had come for.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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But the attention unsettled Jung, who spearheaded the campaign but has since requested anonymity - we are using a pseudonym.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Chatfield also managed Brown’s gubernatorial campaign in Northern California and later became the inaugural director of Brown’s California Conservation Corps, an organization that spearheaded environmental projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Earlier this year he spearheaded a consortium who attempted to acquire a controlling stake in his former club Sevilla but the bid failed.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Under Dickson, a former Mattel executive who spearheaded Barbie’s revival before becoming Gap Inc.’s CEO in August 2023, the Gap brand has undergone a renaissance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Cyrus Field, the businessman who spearheaded the laying of the first telegraph cable under the Atlantic Ocean, had befriended the Garfields long before the shooting.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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Andrew Morrow, an attorney spearheading the litigation for the firm, said in court Thursday that the group has passed off about 500 of its 1,200 landfill clients to another personal injury firm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Ghana has been spearheading a global campaign for institutions and nations across the world that benefitted from the slave trade to pay reparations.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
With his friendly smile and understated suit, the 51-year-old businessman is spearheading a series of industrial and logistics infrastructure projects, with the aim of developing sectors for the processing of raw materials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
And, for 25 years, founder John Wyatt has been spearheading the effort.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
He is now spearheading a drive to outsource low-end Japanese jobs to Japanese-speaking call centers and service providers in China.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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