crusade
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Now, under mounting international pressure, authorities are on a crusade to rid the country of that reputation.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Hitler’s crusade in the East,” as Mr. Hargreaves calls it, cost Germany dearly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The writers have paralleled Homelander’s “slow descent into madness” with Butcher’s escalating anti-Supe crusade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
But that crusade was also fueled by nostalgia.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
The Chicago Tribune made fare reductions a crusade and openly attacked the railroads.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
When Richard the Lionheart led crusades to the Middle East they were funded by crippling taxes at home.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
But as “The Perfect Neighbor” crusades toward its inevitable end, the film’s empathy depletes.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
He is a traditionalist Roman Catholic who crusades for the traditional Latin Mass and enjoys discussing medieval philosopher-theologians and ancient texts.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2025
The institution has a lot of baggage, as any organization with nearly two millennia and a few crusades under its cincture is bound to have.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
The first record of this unusual arrangement was when Virgil Butler had been contracted as servant, bodyguard, and cook to Lord Hugo de Fole for one of the first great Norman crusades.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Hutchinson said residents have responded in force to his call for emergency sidewalks repairs, just as they did when he crusaded for a crackdown on widespread illegal dumping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
This is only one of dozens of ways in which Kennedy has crusaded against standards in science and health.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025
In addition to convicting Nazi war criminals, he crusaded for an international criminal court.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
In Miami, he crusaded for the arts, helping the city become an international cultural destination.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
He was a militant idealist who crusaded against racial bigotry by growing faint in its presence.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
In this case, it was someone who became so utterly obsessed with an obscure idea that he spent the final years of his life crusading for it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
It’s a story of crusading feminism, but it’s not overtly political.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
The items reportedly also include documents from the Teutonic Order -- a Catholic brotherhood of crusading knights active in the Middle Ages.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
Horace Mann, the crusading head of Massachusetts’ school system, warned in 1839 that there were just not enough schools.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2024
She could keep trusting Mom and Dad, and keep being my whining, chess-playing, crusading Charlemagne.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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