lead with

phrasal verb

led with; leading with; leads with

: to begin with (something specified)

The newspaper story led with a long report on the funeral.

: to begin a series of punches in boxing with (a punch thrown by a specified hand)

The champion led with a left to the body, followed up quickly with a right to the jaw.

Examples of lead with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Die Burger newspaper led with an image of about a dozen political parties’ logos going into a meat grinder. —

Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 1 June 2024 For example, Biden leads with Baby Boomers by 15 points over Trump even with the third-party candidates included. —

Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 30 May 2024 As of Wednesday morning, according to unofficial election results from the Texas Secretary of State, Gonzales leads with 50.69% of the vote, with around 15,000 votes; followed by Herrera with 49.31%, around 14,600 votes. —

Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 29 May 2024 Schmidt led with 44% of the vote in an early poll of 1,517 likely Republican primary voters by the political polling firm Coefficient released last week. —

Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for lead with

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