spearheaded

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Evans was instrumental in the decision to shift the team away from the previously announced production of “Arabian Nights,” a project once spearheaded by Baker, who died in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The Red Roses have lined up another Grand Slam decider against France next week thanks to Saturday's 61-33 victory over Italy, a win spearheaded by Packer's four tries.

From BBC • May 9, 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

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

Cyrus Field, the businessman who spearheaded the laying of the first telegraph cable under the Atlantic Ocean, had befriended the Garfields long before the shooting.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow