as in partisan
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
a crusader for improved safety in coal mines
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Recent Examples of crusader
Anti-porn crusaders of all ilks also hijacked the news of Radvinsky’s passing for their various pro-censorship agendas.
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Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy as the nation’s top public health official has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich, who died March 13, 2026, in Palo Alto, California, was a scientific crusader whose dire predictions about population growth, world hunger and environmental collapse made headlines and sparked controversy for decades.
—The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
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Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy as the nation’s top public health official has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich, who died March 13, 2026, in Palo Alto, California, was a scientific crusader whose dire predictions about population growth, world hunger and environmental collapse made headlines and sparked controversy for decades.
—The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusader
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But this idea—that the more motivated partisans are to discriminate against Black voters, the less racist that discrimination is—is a perverse inversion of the Fifteenth Amendment.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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This has not always endeared him to some Democratic partisans.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Earlier this month, Amnesty International accused the military of killing 100 civilians at a market while targeting militants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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The ministry, part of Gaza’s Hamas-run government, does not give a breakdown between civilians and militants.—
Suzan Fraser,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Within hours of Bell’s selection earlier this week, conservative higher-education activists began circulating opposition research on social media highlighting Alabama’s diversity recruitment efforts, antiracism initiatives and campus inclusion programs under Bell’s leadership.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2026
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Some activists see the nationwide crackdown on immigrants as an extension of what Latinos in Arizona endured under Arpaio.—
Rebecca Santana,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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Bo-Katan explains the Mandalorians who raised Din and taught him to never show his face are religious zealots known as the Children of the Watch, who broke from Mandalorian society.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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In Spanish, the line is gendered, as any bilingual Alcaraz zealot may point out.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
12 May 2026
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The reopening will also highlight activists like Veda Ajamu, a criminal justice reform advocate and the museum’s chief engagement officer whose own story is captured in the Legacy Experience.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
16 May 2026
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An outbreak of violence by warring gangs has led to the deaths of at least 80 people, according to human rights advocates, and forced the temporary suspension of operations at both Médecins Sans Frontières’ health facility in Cité Soleil, and Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
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“Crusader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusader. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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