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Chris, meanwhile, is rendered as a deranged and fame-hungry crusader.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

On the bright side, it looks like Cunningham might not have the fortitude for the life of a crusader.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

And he brought in an antitrust crusader in Lina Khan to chair the city’s Economic Development Corp., the government body that the real estate community closely relies on to execute large-scale development projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Now he is set on unmasking the caped crusader.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Next, if you wanted some peculiar person to ride by, there might have come a crusader who had promised to deliver the grave of God.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Antidebt crusaders, like the personal-finance radio host Dave Ramsey, have been speaking for years about how paying thousands of dollars in interest can seriously impede a family’s ability to make progress on their other goals.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

The spread of this new orthodoxy shouldn’t be surprising, for as the author notes, “insatiability is a defining feature of moral crusades. As crusaders achieve victories, they expand the scope of their crusade.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

Cheering for such idealism used to feel corny; all the cool, caped crusaders had ethical kinks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

CBS’ crime-time detectives and Dick Wolf’s crusaders are constructed from the bones of Doyle’s eternally durable creation, but so are medical mysteries.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

He told Robin, too, of far countries: the Holy Land where crusaders had fought for the tomb of our Lord, and of Greece and Rome, whose ancient languages were the beginnings of many other tongues.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli