How to Use lead-up in a Sentence
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What was the lead-up to the 2007 NHL draft like for the Hawks?
— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023 -
How does this podcast serve as a lead-up to that event?
— Okla Jones, Essence, 5 Sep. 2024 -
The lead-up to their big day was captured in the first season of Don't Be Tardy.
— Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023 -
The new dad teased that viewers may see the lead-up to the birth of his son, Theodore in season 3.
— Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024 -
What are your predictions for the lead-up to the finale?
— Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2024 -
Read full article The lead-up to the awards was full of drama.
— Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023 -
The lead-up to the July 28 election has not been promising.
— Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 15 July 2024 -
The lead-up to the landing wasn’t without some hiccups.
— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024 -
See behind the scenes of her stage-ready glam and the lead-up to her big moment and read all about it — in her words!
— Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 28 Apr. 2023 -
The classic is one of the last lead-up meets before the U.S. team is selected.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024 -
Fans were plentiful, as were cameras to capture the action and the lead-up to the games.
— Stephen Saito, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023 -
The announcement kicks off the one-year lead-up to the Games, which will run from 26 July to 11 August.
— Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 24 July 2023 -
This is precisely what Macron tried to do in the lead-up to Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine.
— Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024 -
The lead-up to the Games have been tough for several notable athletes.
— Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024 -
What will Cohen say about the lead-up to hush money payments?
— Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024 -
It’s set in the lead-up to his debut runway show in September of last year.
— Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024 -
And in the 59-day lead-up to the election, neither ticket wants to appear soft on China.
— Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 7 Sep. 2024 -
The lead-up to the landing included last-minute shuffling.
— Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024 -
The lead-up to new model year production starts well before new cars hit the lots.
— Mike Spagnola, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023 -
In fact, the lead-up to this interview feels like the workplace B-story of an Emily in Paris episode.
— Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2024 -
After a long lead-up, Black Friday 2023 is finally here with some of the best health and wellness deals of the year.
— Phoebe Sklansky, Health, 24 Nov. 2023 -
The lead-up to the Fourth is a particularly good time to invest in a brand-new mattress.
— Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023 -
The question rang out throughout the lead-up to Auburn’s first game: was Auburn’s hype in the running back room a result of a bad run defense?
— Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023 -
With a book by Lynn Nottage, the show focuses on the lead-up to that record-smashing tour, but still enfolds a heck of a playlist.
— Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024 -
The fire alarm is the latest wrinkle for the 49ers, whose lead-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Chiefs hasn’t been perfectly smooth.
— Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024 -
The lead-up to their football season was anything but normal.
— Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023 -
Despite all the lead-up, today’s hearing was over in less than 20 minutes.
— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 July 2024 -
Yeah, means a ton, ton of fun to get out there and have that energy, the atmosphere, all the lead-up and all the hard work that has gotten us to this point.
— oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023 -
Dobrev proved to be the snowboarder's biggest fan during the lead-up to his final Olympic run.
— Andrea Lavinthal, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024 -
The lead-up to her on-air suicide depicts her at her calmest, rendering that final countdown unbearably tense but also unbearably sad.
— Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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While recalling the series of events leading up to the reveal, Brynn claimed that Erin had looped her in on the joke.
— Esther Kang, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024 -
Be on the lookout for more coverage leading up to UFC Macau.
— Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 -
My grandmother spent weeks leading up to the holiday assembling the perfect table.
— Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024 -
And Kreese is certainly passing down those lessons to his students and directly to Kwon, which is driving Kwon’s actions that led up to his death.
— Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024 -
The years leading up to menopause can be full of changes.
— Eden Arielle Gordon, SELF, 13 Dec. 2023 -
Make a few and arrange them on the lawn leading up to the door.
— Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2023 -
Many of the events leading up to the 500 will be shown on FS1, as well as on the Fox Sports app.
— Greg Engle, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 -
But in the days leading up to the race, Farley had his doubts.
— Kelyn Soong, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024 -
This has been done in other cities in the weeks leading up to the show.
— Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2024 -
Here's a list of fast and slow jams to groove to in the days leading up to Super Bowl 58.
— Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024 -
Team rosters will be announced in the weeks leading up to the event.
— Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 17 June 2024 -
His go-to look for the events leading up to the wedding was a J.Crew white shirt paired with Tom Ford cream trousers.
— Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024 -
What's a typical day of eating in the week leading up to the marathon?
— Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023 -
Steve Ducote fears that in the days leading up to Megan's death, the couple may have been fighting.
— David Begnaud, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2024 -
The months leading up to the 1963 March were bloody and full of conflict between activists and racists.
— Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023 -
Shopping for your wedding weekend and all of the events leading up to the big day?
— Anny Choi, Vogue, 2 July 2024 -
The Spanish-style stone façade is flanked by greenery leading up to the arched front door.
— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 July 2024 -
Olivia Culpo is in the final stretch leading up to her wedding!
— Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024 -
Melanie later said Bloom had complained about leg cramps in the days leading up to his death.
— Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023 -
The high risk of wildfires was well known by officials in the days leading up to the outbreak on Maui.
— Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023 -
In the final weeks leading up to the stadium sales tax vote, the teams cast White as a villain.
— Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024 -
The circumstances leading up to the shooting were not known and no one was in custody.
— Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023 -
The health of the economy is still a major variable leading up to the election.
— Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023 -
Noakes asked that people who live in the area check their cameras for any video that may have captured the crash or what led up to it.
— James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2024 -
The conveyor lifts were moved to the former location of Burns lift and lead up the mountain.
— Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022 -
The current season of Sister Wives has shown the moments leading up to Meri and Kody's split.
— Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023 -
Dentists poured millions into the campaign to promote it in the months leading up to the vote.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023 -
But the weeks leading up to the race saw a steady stream of negative news reports from locals.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023 -
The show documented the singer's early years in high school leading up to his rise to fame.
— Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023 -
Jack becomes Jann’s trainer and helps to guide him through a series of races leading up to Le Mans.
— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
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