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crusade

[kroo-seyd] / kruˈseɪd /


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Strickland, who is Hilton’s campaign chair, swears that he and his former colleagues didn’t plan to take their crusade statewide, but “when you do a great job, other opportunities present themselves.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Brought alongside six other high-profile figures, including pop icon Elton John and his husband David Furnish, it is the prince's last active legal case in his long-running crusade against the British media.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

His crusade to cut red tape and ease zoning rules has pitted him against environmentalists and Nimby activists while winning praise from developers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

This may seem like an unlikely crusade for the president, but the proposal to insure hair loss treatment was a rallying cry in Lee's unsuccessful 2022 presidential campaign.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Perhaps the Quarter will provide me with some material: a crusade for taste and decency, for theology and geometry, perhaps.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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