in the lead

idiom

: in a position that is ahead of others

They walked single file, with the oldest boy in the lead.

: winning in a race or competition

Our team was in the lead.

Examples of in the lead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Former President Donald Trump is in the lead by over 10,000 cookie sales in Busken Bakery's cookie poll following national media attention. —

Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2024 The West, with the U.S. in the lead, viewed IS as a magnet for jihadists who sought to attack its people. —

Daniel Depetris, TIME, 28 Sep. 2024 With less than six weeks until the general election, an exclusive new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll has former President Donald Trump in the lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the key battleground state of Arizona. —

Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the lead

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