lead on
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“There’s something that’s really important that everybody hears from Anthropic, and I think the president has said this many, many times: The United States needs to stay in the lead on AI,” Heck said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The DC’s attorney’s office was taking a lead on fighting crypto scams with an “eye toward making victims whole,” Pirro said in a press release at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Several of Tuesday's papers lead on the anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Spanish rider Enric Mas of Team Movistar maintained his 2min 6sec general classification lead on Felix Gall, with Primoz Roglic a further four seconds behind.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Record the song like you’d normally do and everything will be fine, all right? Just follow my lead on the other stuff.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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