pioneered
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While Europe and the U.S. first pioneered autonomous vehicles, China took a lead in mass-producing cheap aerial drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Belfort, the clinical lead on the trial, had previously pioneered a similar surgical procedure in the womb on babies with spina bifida.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had pioneered a new brand of comedy, soothed postwar America’s psyche and made a nation laugh again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Clint really pioneered in that election the idea of running competing ballot measures,” Ross said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Polio is a terrible disease! It left children crippled. Killed them. Salk and his group of scientists pioneered a vaccine to prevent it. He even tested it on himself.”
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
