crusade
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Few scam victims ever get their money back, but Kaul’s dogged crusade appeared set to pay off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Hearst used his newspaper empire to crusade against animal experimentation and cruelty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Vitamin C was filed away with other “alternative” remedies, and Pauling’s late-career crusade was widely seen as a sad mistake.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Now, under mounting international pressure, authorities are on a crusade to rid the country of that reputation.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Rumors indicated that The Vigils had adopted the sale as a special crusade.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado have sought Moretta’s counsel and helped parishioners in their various crusades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The campaign takes a page from other Rust Belt cities, including Detroit and South Bend, that have undertaken big blight elimination crusades, with varying degrees of success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
Ms. Sonia Das Johnson crusades for women's rights all over the planet?
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
The Sarkisyans have crusaded to have the Pilot Life ruling overturned and to spare others their daughter’s fate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
In Miami, he crusaded for the arts, helping the city become an international cultural destination.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Paul Morantz, a California lawyer who crusaded against brainwashing self-help gurus, crooked psychotherapists and menacing cults, including one that nearly killed him with a rattlesnake, died Oct.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022
O'Rourke has long crusaded against big money in politics, and he made a point of not accepting money political action committees in 2018.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022
He was a militant idealist who crusaded against racial bigotry by growing faint in its presence.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
The American Academy of Pediatrics began crusading against juice for kids.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
It’s a story of crusading feminism, but it’s not overtly political.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
A serious survey of the Israel-Palestinian conflict would be highly beneficial to everyone, but it would have to examine arguments made by both sides—that’s the difference between real academic instruction and political crusading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
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
The six-fingered man was probably crusading in Asia.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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