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  • verb Present participle of spearhead.

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Examples

  • Labor unions are again spearheading a major get-out-the-vote drive for Democrats around the country, but if current patterns hold, voters from union households will end up splitting their votes more evenly this year than they have in recent elections.

    Voter unrest echoes that of 1994, poll shows Jon Cohen 2010

  • I have come to appreciate the indispensable role of electric power in spearheading Ontario's expansion.

    The Case for the St. Lawrence Power Project 1951

  • Driving the redesign was the idea that the State Department's online presence could do a better job of handling the more, well, boring part of its responsibilities -- assisting travelers with passports, circulating travel advisories -- while also boosting the profile of the more exciting elements of its mission: namely spearheading U.S. foreign policy around the globe.

    What a Clinton-ified State.gov looks like Scola, Nancy 2009

  • "When I was approached with the idea of spearheading this event, I was so excited," Denton said.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • "When I was approached with the idea of spearheading this event, I was so excited," Denton said.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • "When I was approached with the idea of spearheading this event, I was so excited," Denton said.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • "When I was approached with the idea of spearheading this event, I was so excited," Denton said.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • "When I was approached with the idea of spearheading this event, I was so excited," Denton said.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • -- assisting travelers with passports, circulating travel advisories -- while also boosting the profile of the more exciting elements of its mission: namely spearheading U.S. foreign policy around the globe.

    techPresident 2009

  • No pro-active thinking or actions here, such as spearheading an effort to introduce what the bigger players upstairs at VZ would no doubt perceive as a threat to their basic copper business.

    Faster DSL, too slow 2004

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