How to Use in the lead in a Sentence

in the lead

phrase
  • Some have been to beautify the city in the lead-up to the nation’s 250th anniversary.
    — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • Travelers who don't see any qualifying listings today should check back, as additional homes will become available in the lead-up to each round.
    — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Companies are so furiously fighting to be technically in the lead that many of them are ignoring the ethical and possibly even legal consequences of their products.
    — David Evan Harris, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2024
  • Brooklyn’s women were comfortably in the lead 10-2 in game one when the end-court scoreboard literally fell over and landed on Rachel Rohrabacher’s ankle.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The project arrives a year after Superman landed in theaters with David Corenswet in the lead, with that film scoring $618 million globally.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
  • Cal Fire takes a proactive approach by increasing its law enforcement arm in the lead up to the Fourth of July, said Mike Cornette, a fire captain and public information officer.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • At New York New Jersey Stadium (as MetLife Stadium is currently known), the rain was coming down steadily in the lead-up to kickoff.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
  • Lexi Minetree and Reese Witherspoon have been sporting pink all week long in the lead-up to the premiere of Prime Video's new series, Elle, which serves as a sequel to Legally Blonde.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Jensen's second hit, a double into the right-field corner in the fourth, put the Royals in the lead for good and chased White Sox starter Anthony Kay (6-3) after 3 2/3 innings.
    — CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • When, in the lead-up to the 2001 election, his popularity was waning, Howard spread a story about Afghan asylum seekers headed for Australia throwing their children overboard, forcing the Navy to rescue them.
    — Oscar Schwartz, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The show was originally reported to be in the works at Netflix in January 2025, with the streamer picking it up to series in March 2026 with Taylor-Johnson in the lead role.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 June 2026
  • Per the Cleveland Clinic, patients undergoing TIL therapy receive regular chemotherapy infusions for several days in the lead-up to an eventual transfusion of the lymphocytes, which is followed by an immunotherapy treatment to activate the TILs.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026

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