as in militant
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
The film chronicles the handful of years that followed, with Ito serving by turns as traumatized victim, persevering reporter, and #MeToo movement crusader.
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Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
As his wife, son and country are threatened by the tyrannical Austrian king and his warlords, a once peaceful hunter and former crusader, William Tell, leads his people to rebellion.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
Miller leads a cohort of former officials and anti-immigrant MAGA crusaders who now better understand the levers of government.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
To make its new version of Cleo a crusader, the series has to make the Black community around her incredibly susceptible to superstition and immorality, and that’s a crummy bargain.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2024
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Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
As his wife, son and country are threatened by the tyrannical Austrian king and his warlords, a once peaceful hunter and former crusader, William Tell, leads his people to rebellion.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
Miller leads a cohort of former officials and anti-immigrant MAGA crusaders who now better understand the levers of government.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
To make its new version of Cleo a crusader, the series has to make the Black community around her incredibly susceptible to superstition and immorality, and that’s a crummy bargain.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusader
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Instead, his partisans predict Trump as the 47th president will be more combative than Trump was as the 45th president.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
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Russian partisans—groups of domestic dissidents opposed to the Kremlin's policies—have joined forces with Ukrainian operatives.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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He’s also taken other actions that have fallen short of the really dramatic and aggressive action that scientists and activists rightfully say is needed.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Once again, right-wing activists are baselessly insisting that a mass shooter was trans.Abby Monteil, Them, 17 Dec. 2024
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But the zealots of the boycott movement didn’t listen to the likes of Mngoma.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Tyler takes aim at the masks people wear to hide from their true selves, evoking a middle-class gangster and a closeted religious zealot.Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
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Gun-safety advocates say that Monday's shooting highlights the ongoing need to prioritize safety and preparedness in schools in an America that is armed to its teeth.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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But, over the past decade, disability rights advocates have increasingly pushed companies to end the lower pay practice, describing it as discriminatory, dehumanizing and exploitative.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Crusader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusader. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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