How to Use pole position in a Sentence

pole position

noun

• Leclerc won the race from pole position and finished with the fastest lap.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• Two live albums duke it out in the U.K. chart race, with Blur taking pole position.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 July 2024
• Graham Rahal earned the pole position for the second time in three races.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
• The Cavaliers seemed in pole position to put things firmly out of reach.
  — Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
• Sergio Pérez started from pole position and led for a while.
  — Josh Katz, New York Times, 7 May 2023
• Larson will start fifth in the Indy 500, and Scott McLaughlin secured the pole position.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
• The top stocks have jockeyed all month for the pole position, with Nvidia finally edging past both of its big-tech peers.
  — Carmen Reinicke, Bloomberg.com, 18 June 2024
• The fictional team is positioned 11th on the grid but is fighting to get to pole position.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 July 2024
• That’s not to say that just because everyone wants to fly, every competitor is in the same pole position.
  — Byjane Thier, Fortune, 9 June 2023
• That helped propel China into pole position as the world’s No 1 car exporter.
  — Laura He, CNN, 13 June 2024
• Colton Herta earned the pole position and Simon Pagenaud took a wild ride that resulted in him missing the race.
  — Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2023
• Biden was the betting favorite in the 2020 race, holding the pole position with Oddscheker from May through November.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
• Align believes that the deal will give Hybe pole position in the Korean music industry and hurt consumers.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 17 Feb. 2023
• But when taking stock of the streaming giants in their chase for Netflix-like subscribers and margins, WBD appears to have put itself in pole position.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2023
• So how in the world did this insane, perverse, delightful film get in pole position to win the biggest prize in American cinema?
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022
• Five weeks later, Grande’s latest Hot 100 chart-topper — her eighth overall and sixth to debut in the pole position — received a remix from none other than Mariah Carey.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 9 Mar. 2024
• Having won the presidential election in March, Europe Now was in pole position to emerge as the largest party in the country’s parliament.
  — Aleks Eror, Fortune Crypto, 10 June 2023
• Scott McLaughlin qualified for the pole position, but he was assessed a 9-place grid penalty for making a fifth engine change this season.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Aug. 2023
• Oppenheimer retains pole position in the Best Picture race.
  — Vulture, 23 Jan. 2024
• Fans were not exactly elated when Ben Powers took pole position in the competition at left guard.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
• Thanks to her alliance with Matsson, Shiv seemingly finished the penultimate episode in pole position.
  — Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• The British driver began the race in pole position having finished 0.203 seconds ahead of Verstappen in qualifying, and got off to an excellent start.
  — Jamie Barton, CNN, 22 Sep. 2024
• The Cowboys, who have also experienced their ups and downs, took advantage — perhaps with a little help from the refs in last week’s controversial win over the Lions — and are now in the pole position to win the division.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024
• Only Lewis Hamilton's equalled his seven championships and surpassed his win, pole position, and podium finish records.
  — Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
• In the middle of the pole position ceremony, Sacha Fenestraz was told had been given a post-session penalty, making Jake Hughes the polesitter.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 8 May 2023
• After claiming his maiden pole position in Australia on Saturday, Verstappen was out-sprinted to the first turn by Russell in a lively opening.
  — Courtney Walsh, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
• Gibbs also won the pole position for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Charlotte.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 25 May 2024
• Silverstone, in Northamptonshire, is an iconic racing track with an illustrious past filled with the very best drivers pushing their limits and vying for pole position.
  — Rebekah Evans, The Week Uk, theweek, 29 July 2024
• The latter began his stellar rise in motorsport at a young age, spent a decade driving professionally, and then steered his own marketing company before moving to McLaren, where he’s held the pole position for five years.
  — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2023
• Perhaps no moment demonstrated that better than when Grosjean hopped out of his car Saturday and jogged down pitlane to congratulate Kirkwood on winning the pole position.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024