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crusader

[kroo-seyd-er] / kruˈseɪd ər /


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A writer, activist, organizer, prodigious intellect and a lifelong crusader for racial equality, Du Bois might have deemed his own life a failure, especially if he’d lived another 60 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

There is something of the crusader about Ms. Dhillon, and religion plays a notable role in her life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

But unlike that Oscar winner, “Two Prosecutors” has a man of conscience at its center — a confident crusader who becomes increasingly puny in the face of Stalin’s Soviet Union.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

A self-styled anti-corruption crusader, Yoon rose from star prosecutor to South Korean president in just a few years.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Ordinarily he was a regular kid, minding his own business with no tinge of the crusader or fanatic about him.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier




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