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  • noun Plural form of spearhead.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spearhead.

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Examples

  • When his spearheads were a hundred miles from the Paris–Orléans gap, he turned one corps northward to Argentan, there to form the southern shoulder of the “Falaise Gap,” so murderous to the German army.

    General Ike John S.D. Eisenhower 2003

  • When done right, pressure flaking can provide a high degree of control over the sharpness, thickness and overall shape of sharp tools such as spearheads and stone knives, said researcher Paola Villa, an archaeologist at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Hazon also organizes food conferences, tackling agricultural and food issues in the U.S., fiscally sponsors numerous Jewish environmental start-ups and spearheads the largest faith-based coalition of Community Supported Agriculture CSA in the country.

    Gabe Crane: Tu B'Shvat: An Ancient Jewish Holy Day For Modern Environmentalists Gabe Crane 2011

  • He has looked forward to the day where he sees the benefit to him and his agenda in supporting NASA which is an agency that spearheads space jobs and technological progress and forward thinking that no opposing politician has ever been able to denounce, tear down, or take away.

    Is Space Exploration Worth Funding? - NASA Watch 2009

  • Hazon also organizes food conferences, tackling agricultural and food issues in the U.S., fiscally sponsors numerous Jewish environmental start-ups and spearheads the largest faith-based coalition of Community Supported Agriculture CSA in the country.

    Gabe Crane: Tu B'Shvat: An Ancient Jewish Holy Day For Modern Environmentalists Gabe Crane 2011

  • Mr. Kandel, a U.S.-educated economist who spearheads Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's influential economic policy, said the policy reforms were aimed at reining in chronic balance-of-payments surpluses that are putting constant upward pressure on the shekel, which currently trades at about 3.6 to the dollar, and harming Israel's heavily export-dependent economy.

    Israel Bids to Prevent Shekel's Rise Charles Levinson 2011

  • Hazon also organizes food conferences, tackling agricultural and food issues in the U.S., fiscally sponsors numerous Jewish environmental start-ups and spearheads the largest faith-based coalition of Community Supported Agriculture CSA in the country.

    Gabe Crane: Tu B'Shvat: An Ancient Jewish Holy Day For Modern Environmentalists Gabe Crane 2011

  • Bill Burton, the former White House deputy press secretary who spearheads the Obama-allied Priorities USA, remains a maestro at the tactic.

    Obama Campaign Drops The George W. Bush Talking Point 2011

  • Hazon also organizes food conferences, tackling agricultural and food issues in the U.S., fiscally sponsors numerous Jewish environmental start-ups and spearheads the largest faith-based coalition of Community Supported Agriculture CSA in the country.

    Gabe Crane: Tu B'Shvat: An Ancient Jewish Holy Day For Modern Environmentalists Gabe Crane 2011

  • Mr. Kandel, a U.S.-educated economist who spearheads Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's influential economic-policy board, said the proposal to establish a sovereign-wealth fund had broad support within the government, including from Mr. Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz .

    Israel to Launch State Fund Within a Year Charles Levinson 2011

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