leading block

[ lee-ding ]

/ ˈli dɪŋ /

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QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1855–60

Groups like CAIR and leading intellectuals and imams have been denouncing acts like these for years.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Church bells pealed from St. Catherine of Siena parish one block away.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was a leading presidential contender in 1988 and 1992, but never formally entered the race.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82|Eleanor Clift|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
During his trek, Brinsley twice passed within a block of a police stationhouse and he almost certainly saw cops along the way.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Block 3F is slated for release in 2019, but who knows how much that will slip?
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
The Spanish troops did not care to venture past a block of buildings in which were the offices and stores of a British firm.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
So everybody began looking for the appearance of his story in all the leading magazines.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Louis was too much appalled by the two leading charges, to shew any surprise at the third.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter