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He is one of the leading lights of the labor movement.
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Miliband recruited a number of its leading lights to work directly for him.
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David Runciman, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2013
Certainly, the leading lights of U.S. conservatism do.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Yes, the emerging dispensation has room for a few Rogan-level leading lights.
—Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Tom Brady Can't Have It Both Ways For example, NBA fans always thirsted for its two leading lights, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, to go shot for shot in the Finals.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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David Runciman, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2013
Certainly, the leading lights of U.S. conservatism do.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Yes, the emerging dispensation has room for a few Rogan-level leading lights.
—Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Tom Brady Can't Have It Both Ways For example, NBA fans always thirsted for its two leading lights, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, to go shot for shot in the Finals.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Leading light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20light. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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