spearheading

Example Sentences

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Expertly crafted clippers for his Saturday morning ritual of shaping hedges and deadheading blooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Stop deadheading roses in August to allow the last flush of blooms to develop hips.

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2023

Professional gardening services, on the other hand, design and install new gardens, restore old ones and offer maintenance services such as watering, deadheading, dividing perennials and manual weeding.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023

The pilots union has called that so-called "deadheading" practice fatiguing and inefficient.

From Reuters • Jan. 6, 2023

He’d tell me that deadheading was a strong indicator that one’s personal reservoir of introspection and creativity was dry; and that without struggle, there is no real victory.

From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory