crusade

Now, under mounting international pressure, authorities are on a crusade to rid the country of that reputation.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The crusade to prevent skin-cancer deaths, Mr. Jacobsen argues, has fostered an absolutism about the risks of sunlight that permeates the media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The writers have paralleled Homelander’s “slow descent into madness” with Butcher’s escalating anti-Supe crusade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

The unlikely vehicle is not some glamorous investigative exposé or Pulitzer-winning newsroom crusade.

From Salon ● May 13, 2026

Rumors indicated that The Vigils had adopted the sale as a special crusade.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

But as “The Perfect Neighbor” crusades toward its inevitable end, the film’s empathy depletes.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025

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

They were involved in peace crusades and helped to organize public schools so that the children of those less affluent could become upwardly mobile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024

Newspapers launched crusades against pestilent alleys and excess smoke and identified the worst offenders in print—among them Burnham’s newly opened Masonic Temple, which the Chicago Tribune likened to Mount Vesuvius.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

This is only one of dozens of ways in which Kennedy has crusaded against standards in science and health.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025

A few years after legendary magician Harry Houdini crusaded against spiritualists and mediums, spook shows started popping up throughout North America and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024

Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russia’s prison agency said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

In addition to convicting Nazi war criminals, he crusaded for an international criminal court.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2023

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

The items reportedly also include documents from the Teutonic Order -- a Catholic brotherhood of crusading knights active in the Middle Ages.

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

Maybe, in a month or two more at Jerry’s, I might have regained my crusading spirit.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich