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These included Capra’s weak-kneed response to the anti-Communist crusade that roiled mid-20th-century Hollywood and his occasional failure to adequately credit his collaborators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Vitamin C was filed away with other “alternative” remedies, and Pauling’s late-career crusade was widely seen as a sad mistake.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

He has continued this crusade, recently endorsing a $20 minimum wage and speaking out against the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

NYClass still leads the carriage crusade, with Mr. Nislick listed as president on the organization’s website and tax documents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

When he launched a crusade against an outbreak of malaria, Celia inoculated schoolchildren.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado have sought Moretta’s counsel and helped parishioners in their various crusades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

The campaign takes a page from other Rust Belt cities, including Detroit and South Bend, that have undertaken big blight elimination crusades, with varying degrees of success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

When Richard the Lionheart led crusades to the Middle East they were funded by crippling taxes at home.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

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

Toward the end of the thirteenth century, the Catholic Church began what could be called a series of domestic crusades within Europe.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

His team said several Moscow churches refused to hold the funeral for the man who crusaded against official corruption and organized massive protests.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024

Paul Morantz, a California lawyer who crusaded against brainwashing self-help gurus, crooked psychotherapists and menacing cults, including one that nearly killed him with a rattlesnake, died Oct.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022

After World War I, the Catholic Church crusaded worldwide for moral renewal.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2022

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

The American Academy of Pediatrics began crusading against juice for kids.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

There’s Charles Foster Kane, an extremely rich, crusading newspaper owner who is chided by a friend for losing more than a million dollars a year.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026

Roberts won a lead actress Oscar in 2001 for playing a crusading real-life legal clerk in “Erin Brockovich,” a role that perfectly combined her acting strengths and star wattage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

She could keep trusting Mom and Dad, and keep being my whining, chess-playing, crusading Charlemagne.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia