proselytized

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Muslims ruled large parts of India from the early 13th to the 19th century, and during this era Muslim preachers and Sufi mystics actively proselytized for Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Houston proselytized for Inuit art, bringing it to international museum audiences and founding what would become Kinngait Studios.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2022

He met his wife, who also proselytized, at their evangelical church.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2020

Her reporting indicates that it's food media elites like you and me and others who have proselytized the most about brining.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2018

She proselytized about suffrage to anyone who would listen and recruited volunteers to help with the work.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling