How to Use take the lead in a Sentence

take the lead

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• There’s still time to take the lead.
  — Oleg Levitas, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• Small caps, cyclicals to take the lead?
  — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
• Harris then hit a sac-fly to take the lead.
  — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
• Now, Iran’s people must take the lead.
  — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026
• Duke will have the ball and a chance to take the lead out of the timeout.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
• Aberg shot a 63 in the second round to take the lead.
  — ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
• The first one led to a K-State field goal to take the lead.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
• State your value plainly, then take the lead.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2026
• Calgary bounced back in the second with three goals to take the lead for good.
  — ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
• Let your intuition take the lead.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
• The move set the stage for Combs’ all-star defense team to take the lead.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
• The Gators have made their first three shots of the second half to take the lead.
  — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
• Or Congress could take the lead itself.
  — Claire Leavitt, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
• Portland didn’t take the lead in the game until overtime.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
• Both teams had runners on base and favorable chances to take the lead or win the game.
  — The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
• Seattle’s offense then drove 99 yards to take the lead.
  — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Cities become more livable when women take the lead.
  — Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• Palomar then opted to go for 2 in an attempt to take the lead.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
• From there, Westfield had two shots to tie or take the lead, but couldn’t convert.
  — Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2023
• Flau’jae Johnson to fire off a 27-foot three-point jumper to take the lead.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
• The Aztecs then scored the first seven points of the second half to take the lead to stay.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
• Missouri State used a 9-0 run to take the lead for good late in the first half.
  — ABC News, 18 Mar. 2026
• The Steelers recovered and scored in two plays to take the lead.
  — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
• Vargas is a candidate to take the lead with his long ties to the program.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
• Houston needed only six plays to go 77 yards and take the lead.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2024
• In good field position, the Tide needed just five plays to take the lead.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2023
• And there is no clear plan for who will take the lead in rebuilding and then governing it.
  — Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
• Tony Pollard is set to take the lead back role with Spears being on the mend.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
• The Nets then forced a shot-clock violation to get a chance to take the lead.
  — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
• Kobe Bufkin hit a slashing layup, then converted the free throw to take the lead.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023