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trailblaze

[treyl-bleyz] / ˈtreɪlˌbleɪz /




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To trailblaze and succeed in the harsh EV market, the company decided it needed a presence in California, as well as near the traditional heart of car building in and around Detroit.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2025

In the documentary, Mermaid Morgana Alba was somebody I wanted to focus on because she really has been at the forefront of trying to trailblaze and make things safer for the artists.

From Salon May 28, 2023

I got updates that said any teachers who want to try and do online classes can trailblaze how to figure that out.

From Slate May 2, 2020

As the journalist Patrick Kingsley observes in his new book … ‘It takes young, mobile risk-takers to trailblaze a new route.’

From Washington Post Feb. 23, 2017

As the journalist Patrick Kingsley observes, in his new book, “The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First-Century Refugee Crisis,” “It takes young, mobile risk-takers to trailblaze a new route.”

From The New Yorker Feb. 19, 2017

“Anne trailblazed that path for so many women, and beautifully captured the essence of people and what it meant to be human,” said daughter Gwendolyn Derk, a physician who lives near Portland, Ore.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2023

The Ellon-based company has trailblazed a crowdfunding model since it was launched in Fraserburgh in 2007 by Mr Watt and co-founder Martin Dickie.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2022

In retrospect, the pairing couldn’t have been more felicitous, because McNally’s plays about the gay experience — especially “Love! Valour! Compassion! — trailblazed for “The Inheritance.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2019

"Shonda certainly trailblazed a lot of this current move in so many different ways," says Larry Wilmore.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2015

That contrasts sharply with the US, which trailblazed the concept of crime mapping by allowing third-party developers to use crime data published by local police forces to map reports of incidents.

From The Guardian Feb. 2, 2011

A trailblazing engineer, she is the first woman to lead one of the world’s major oil companies.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Smack in the middle of sensation and observation is Mary Harron’s trailblazing debut film, “I Shot Andy Warhol,” released 30 years ago this month, with a timely restoration rolling out theatrically this summer.

From Salon Apr. 29, 2026

Reacting to the trailblazing astronauts vibing to their song, the band said on Instagram: "Omg... I love u guys."

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

“A trailblazing figure in Black experimental video, he was widely recognized for works that used image, sound, and cultural iconography to examine representation, race, gender, ritual, history, and power,” the statement said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2026

Thomas Jones was a Confederate Secret Service veteran who had spent his entire life trailblazing through the fields, thickets, and forests of rural Maryland and navigating its streams, marshes, and rivers.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson




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