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spearhead

[speer-hed] / ˈspɪərˌhɛd /


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Hölzl moved to San Francisco earlier this year to spearhead the company’s U.S. expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Meta sunk $14.3 billion into Scale AI, in order to buy Wang into its ecosystem and spearhead its artificial intelligence lab.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

EU social democrat lawmaker Rene Repasi, who will spearhead negotiations with European capitals on a final version of the law, has already included a raft of worker-friendly proposals in his draft report.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

Mookie Betts stayed hot with his bases-loaded, two-run single off Padres starter Michael King to spearhead a three-run rally in the fifth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

At the very end was a small spearhead.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Known as magnetofossils, the microscopic structures come in shapes resembling spearheads, spindles, bullets, and needles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The empire’s signature advance for 1944, though not stopped, had been slowed, its spearheads blunted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

There may never be a better chance to snap the long winless streak with the hosts' pace spearheads Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood injured and out of at least the first Test.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

“Dreamgirls” director Bill Condon spearheads this new take.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

How is it that we now have intercontinental missiles with nuclear warheads, whereas 30,000 years ago we had only sticks with flint spearheads?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The explosion in interest in women's football during the past five years has been spearheaded by two of the biggest broadcasters in the UK – Sky Sports and the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Many of the enormous projects spearheaded by Prince Mohammed are stalled or under review.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

He also spearheaded a $215-million fundraising campaign, and helped grow GBH’s assets from around $225 million to $1 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The exit was said to have been spearheaded by Teasdale's father who "essentially gave up his career" to help his son fulfil his potential, Roberts says.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Minimalism had in fact begun to emerge, rather quietly, in the 1960s, but it made a louder entrance in the 1970s, spearheaded by American composers Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Disney Entertainment Television chairman Debra OConnell, who reports to Walden, is spearheading the plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Kusmirek’s work includes spearheading a social-media strategy for Nooks, a company that uses AI to help clients generate sales leads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Ghana has been spearheading a global campaign for institutions and nations across the world that benefitted from the slave trade to pay reparations.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The two will be working on the development of Meow Wolf New York, which is slated to open some time after Los Angeles, and are collaborating on a planned animated series, which Prynoski is spearheading.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Almost overnight the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade was in full flower, and Captain Black was enraptured to discover himself spearheading it.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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