Sentence examples for spearheaded on from inspiring English sources

The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, rejected calls for an end to the offensive, which is being spearheaded on the ground by Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian-led units, with Russian air support.

Rather, it was a company-wide effort that he spearheaded on his own, relating to setting the time of product launches according to local time zones as opposed to a central clock working off of the Seattle headquarters.

He's been relatively spearheaded on the Syria issue.

It spearheaded a one-day action on Monday in which thousands of protesters rallied at West Coast ports from San Diego to Anchorage, effectively closing the Ports of Portland and Longview, Wash., and largely shutting the Port of Oakland.

On the floor of Congress in October, he spearheaded debate on the bill to prohibit the EPA from further regulating coal ash and turn it over to the states.

He spearheaded attacks on credit-card companies, Sony Music, and multiple media outlets, and he maintained an outsize, prickly online personality.

Baker said he was pleased to have spearheaded initiatives on female genital mutilation, antisocial behaviour and animal experiments.

Organizers formed boycott groups on sites such as Facebook or used Web sites to publicize lists of companies that failed to conform to their values, such as animal rights activists who spearheaded boycotts on companies that performed animal testing and gay rights groups who launched boycotts of companies with ties to politicians and political measures that negatively affected the gay community.

In South Korea, which spearheaded work on 4G, Samsung hopes to launch a temporary trial 5G network in time for 2018's Winter Olympic Games.

In countries like Brazil, India, Russia and China, large-scale investigations are often spearheaded based on suspected violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

The commission has supported a liberal interpretation of the statute to include sexual orientation and spearheaded litigation on the matter, according to Commissioner Chai Feldblum.