spearheaded
Example Sentences
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Primary school enrolment doubled and HIV levels dropped because of an anti-Aids campaign spearheaded by the president.
From BBC
He has spearheaded efforts to plant trees, clean up oceans, rivers and beaches, pay for strangers’ cataract surgeries and prosthetic limbs and has donated millions to charities such as Make-A-Wish and food banks.
With support from the coalition, the SDF spearheaded the offensive that led to IS's territorial defeat in Syria in 2019, but the jihadists still maintain a presence, particularly in the country's vast desert.
From Barron's
Soon after the city decided not to intervene, another group decided to try and shut the clinic down - this one spearheaded by Texas pastor Mark Lee Dickson.
From BBC
In 2021, Philip Cohen, a sociology professor at the University of Maryland, spearheaded an open letter to the Pew Research Center, urging it to stop promoting the use of generational labels.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
