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Recent Examples of lead-in
The Ardennes classics that follow feel more like the lead-in to the Giro d’Italia.
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Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
As a lead-in to Tuesday’s CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal first leg at BMO Stadium versus Mexican power Cruz Azul, the performance was everything LAFC could have hoped for.
—Josh Gross, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
However, through the years fewer of them seemed to be arriving over the lead-in weekend, so tournament director Bronwyn Greer made the decision this spring to let the qualifiers enjoy the ambience, too.
—Dale Robertson, Houston Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Colorado had a successful lead-in to deadline day.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
As a lead-in to Tuesday’s CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal first leg at BMO Stadium versus Mexican power Cruz Azul, the performance was everything LAFC could have hoped for.
—Josh Gross, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
However, through the years fewer of them seemed to be arriving over the lead-in weekend, so tournament director Bronwyn Greer made the decision this spring to let the qualifiers enjoy the ambience, too.
—Dale Robertson, Houston Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Colorado had a successful lead-in to deadline day.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lead-in
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Hernandez, now a Southern Section champion again, along with all the other winners will move onto the CIF preliminaries next Saturday to face the rest of the state's top female jumpers, with a chance to get back to the state finals.—
Ryan Gaydos OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Tennyson never made it to the Southern Section track preliminaries after winning the league title.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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The visit will be Xi’s first to North Korea since 2019, and the latest overture from Beijing to warm a historical but often complicated relationship with its neighbor.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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After accepting the role, Abdul-Mateen extended an overture to build a rapport offscreen in service of their onscreen relationship, but much to his surprise, Kingsley rebuffed the offer.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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That actually proved the prelude to an even more extraordinary attack on the board in his post-match press conference just 24 hours later, following a 2-1 defeat by Sunderland.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Look what happened last night, that was a prelude to the midterms.—
Rachel Scott,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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One of them, The Eight Hundred, details an important battle during the Second Sino-Japanese War (something of a prologue to WWII), in which Chinese forces defended a strategic warehouse along the river in Shanghai, in full view of Western nations reporting from the opposite bank.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 May 2026
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In the case of small-cap stocks ($250 million market cap or less), past is prologue.—
David Capablanca,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Its preamble runs just 52 words.—
Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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At one end of the plaza, protesters added their signatures to a supersize fabric mural of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, with a 75-foot-long extension meant as a canvas for attendees to sign.—
Maliya Ellis,
Houston Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Lead-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lead-in. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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