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• Three of the four goals put Portland in the lead as well.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
• Rodgers, a board member, is in the lead with 39.61% of votes.
  — Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
• Judge has called for the two sides to remain civil in the process in the lead up to a trial.
  — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2024
• Birkin starred in the lead role, and Gainsbourg wrote and directed the movie.
  — Brittany Natale, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Aug. 2023
• The series featured an all-Saudi cast in the lead roles.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• But the biggest news of this year’s NATO summit may be what took place in the lead up to it.
  — Time, 11 July 2023
• Spike Lee remade the beloved Korean film in 2013, with Josh Brolin in the lead role.
  — EW.com, 31 May 2024
• American Torri Huske made the turn at the halfway point in the lead.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 31 July 2024
• Lipa has pulled a few stunts herself in the lead up to the announcement.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• With smoky hues like chocolate mauve and ash brown in the lead, the best brunette shades of today aren't ho-hum by any means.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
• His performance isn’t bad, and neither is Maïwenn’s in the lead role.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023
• The higher the budget, the bigger the fear, the more executives are going to push for A Name in the lead.
  — Vulture, 12 Dec. 2023
• Germany, in the lead after the first two runners, just needed to hang on to get gold with 55 points.
  — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 2 Aug. 2024
• The betting house had Harris in the lead at -125 with Trump at even money, as of late Sunday.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
• The movies would be far lesser vehicles with anyone else in the lead.
  — Ty Burr, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2023
• After her departure, Chloe Grace Moretz was cast in the lead role.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2024
• Bareilles, who wrote the score to the musical, alongside a book by Jessie Nelson, also stars in the lead role.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
• With Sham in the lead in the closing stretch, Secretariat powered past to win by two and a half lengths.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
• Sam Taylor-Johnson directed the film, with Marisa Abela in the lead role.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Apr. 2024
• This is the first superhero movie starring a Latino actor in the lead role.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 17 Aug. 2023
• Initial results showed Hoover in the lead with nearly 52% of the vote, while Middleton had about 30%.
  — Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
• In Brazil, a group that parades at Carnival learns the joy of performing with women in the lead.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
• But the next night, patrolling at 13th and M Streets, West saw a slew of carriages barreling down the street at high speed, with the president in the lead.
  — Peggy Noonan april 6, wsj.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• Schiff thanked supporters Tuesday night as results put him in the lead.
  — John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• The film, which follows Paul through his brief rise and seemingly endless fall, could have only worked with Cage in the lead.
  — Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
• Wilson offered an assist to teammate Napheesa Collier to get back in the lead in the first few minutes.
  — NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
• Soon after, Verstappen pitted, leaving Norris in the lead as the last of the top runners to pit.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
• The heavy favorite entering Monday, Kipchoge set the pace from the start and was front and center in the lead pack for the majority of the race.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
• But that’s only fueled the arms race to see who can come up with the most flabbergasting ideas, with Ramaswamy in the lead—at least for now.
  — Norman J. Ornstein, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
• The book takes place in the lead up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which utterly destroyed Pompeii and killed many of its residents.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024