How to Use lead the pack/field in a Sentence
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Once the run starts, the quick-footed folks lead the pack.
— Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024 -
Daniel Suarez and Michael McDowell lead the field back to green.
— Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2024 -
The 1 1/16-mile race features a field of eight, and a pair of graded stakes winners lead the pack.
— Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2020 -
Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. lead the field to green on the restart.
— Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024 -
Be comfortable as part of the group, rather than trying to lead the pack.
— Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2023 -
Odds are his heater and slider will still lead the pack by a large margin, but time will tell.
— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2024 -
While men still lead the pack, more crews include women.
— Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2020 -
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell will lead the field.
— Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 17 July 2023 -
This year, Karol G and Feid lead the pack with 10 nominations each.
— Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 -
This year, Karol G and Feid lead the pack with six nominations each.
— Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2023 -
All at Once to lead the pack with nine nods each, followed by The Banshees of Inisherin with eight.
— Conor Murray, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023 -
There are some people who still very much believe Tesla could lead the pack.
— Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022 -
More recently, Texas continues to lead the pack in its use of the program.
— Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 9 July 2023 -
Alan Wake 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3 lead the pack of nominees, snagging eight nods each.
— Katcy Stephan, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023 -
Animals would never allow the dumbest ones to lead the pack.
— Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2024 -
There are some standout performers—such as Tenet, Us, and Shutter Island—that lead the pack.
— Travis Bean, Forbes, 25 June 2022 -
Jason Momoa and Brie Larson lead the pack of new cast additions.
— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 10 Feb. 2023 -
Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll were all but guaranteed to lead the pack based on their respective massive years, but that isn’t the case.
— Thania Garcia, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023 -
Bleeding-edge tech, crazy light weights, and head-turning designs lead the pack in this year’s selection of the very best winter eyewear.
— Phillip Dwight Morgan, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022 -
Add it all up, and Oppenheimer may very well lead the field in total nominations.
— Vulture, 15 Dec. 2023 -
The two-time Olympic Gold medalist is set to compete in five events this Games — the slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill and alpine — and is expected to lead the pack in most of those.
— Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 4 Feb. 2022 -
Certain roles lead the pack on competitive pay, with engineers taking up the largest piece of the payroll pie.
— Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023 -
This season, expect Italian label Attico to lead the pack with bold colors and lots of shine.
— Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 24 July 2022 -
In the second quarter, receiver Tee Higgins took a big hit on a deep ball and had to lead the field to be evaluated for returning.
— Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2022 -
But one beautiful chop is shaping up to lead the pack in 2023: The curve cut is soft, stunning, and literally everywhere.
— Elle Turner, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2023 -
That’s not the case for Microsoft and Google, which have scrambled to lead the pack on the revolutionary technology.
— Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 June 2023 -
Caden Long has been with the program for two years and will compete with Arkansas transfer Patrick Foley for the right to lead the field position battle.
— Evan Dudley, al, 20 July 2023 -
Homegrown features lead the pack at the 43rd annual London Critics’ Circle film awards.
— Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2022 -
While Beyoncé and Adele were expected to lead the pack, there are a handful of notable surprises and a few pointed snubs.
— Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022 -
The race to lead the pack on A.I. is fraught with competitors—and technology bigwigs who caution that its development should be slowed down.
— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2023
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