spearheaded

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Daniel’s tribe, the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, has pushed to rein in the cutting — spearheaded by his late great-grandmother, Priscilla Hunter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

The only person who responded to my efforts to hear from the other side was Rebecca Watson, a local Moms for Liberty figure who had spearheaded the campaign against the library.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

The party's first leader, Keir Hardie, represented a constituency in the country's industrial South Valleys, while Welshman Aneurin Bevan spearheaded the founding of the NHS in 1948.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Last week, the district passed a resolution he spearheaded to limit screen time and block student-led use of YouTube.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Sometime early in 1992, he’d been approached by the leaders of a national nonpartisan organization called Project VOTE!, which spearheaded efforts to register new voters in states where minority turnout was traditionally low.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama