spearhead
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Meta sunk $14.3 billion into Scale AI, in order to buy Wang into its ecosystem and spearhead its artificial intelligence lab.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Farage, a longtime Trump supporter who helped spearhead Brexit, defended Musk online against critics and described him as a crucial ally against the mainstream media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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
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
The clouds parted just long enough to reveal the top of the mountain below them: a spearhead of black rock jutting from mossy green slopes.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Known as magnetofossils, the microscopic structures come in shapes resembling spearheads, spindles, bullets, and needles.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
The empire’s signature advance for 1944, though not stopped, had been slowed, its spearheads blunted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Former TCU head coach Gary Patterson is putting his decades of coaching experience to the test as he spearheads USC’s efforts to revive its defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Injured pace spearheads Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins bowled in the nets on Tuesday in a major boost for Australia ahead of the day-night second Ashes Test against England next week.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
There were no iron spearheads in the chest.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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Serving as civilian leader of the Army for 18 months, he pushed soldiers to adopt new battlefield technology and spearheaded multibillion-dollar private-sector partnerships to modernize base infrastructure and domestic logistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Yet the good times could also go on for quite a while, spearheaded by a once-in-a-generation investment boom in new technologies such as artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Bass, in turn, has criticized county officials for pulling more than $300 million out of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority — a move largely spearheaded by Horvath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The explosion in interest in women's football during the past five years has been spearheaded by two of the biggest broadcasters in the UK – Sky Sports and the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
It was the first of a lengthy list of philanthropic projects he spearheaded.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Matt Tyrer's department is spearheading the rolling out of a scheme which will see women and girls on the Isle of Man access free period products.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
President Trump is expected to name Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as the new artificial intelligence czar, spearheading AI policy across the administration, according to people familiar with the decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The coastal village of Onna -- home to the Okinawa science institute -- has been spearheading efforts since 1999 to breed corals and transplant them into the sea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The two will be working on the development of Meow Wolf New York, which is slated to open some time after Los Angeles, and are collaborating on a planned animated series, which Prynoski is spearheading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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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