How to Use lead-up in a Sentence
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What was the lead-up to the 2007 NHL draft like for the Hawks?
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
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The lead-up to their big day was captured in the first season of Don't Be Tardy.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
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The new dad teased that viewers may see the lead-up to the birth of his son, Theodore in season 3.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
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Read full article The lead-up to the awards was full of drama.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
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The lead-up to the July 28 election has not been promising.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
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The lead-up to the landing wasn’t without some hiccups.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
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See behind the scenes of her stage-ready glam and the lead-up to her big moment and read all about it — in her words!
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 28 Apr. 2023
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The classic is one of the last lead-up meets before the U.S. team is selected.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
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Fans were plentiful, as were cameras to capture the action and the lead-up to the games.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
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The announcement kicks off the one-year lead-up to the Games, which will run from 26 July to 11 August.
—Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 24 July 2023
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This is precisely what Macron tried to do in the lead-up to Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine.
—Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
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The lead-up to the Games have been tough for several notable athletes.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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What will Cohen say about the lead-up to hush money payments?
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
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It’s set in the lead-up to his debut runway show in September of last year.
—Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
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The lead-up to the landing included last-minute shuffling.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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The lead-up to new model year production starts well before new cars hit the lots.
—Mike Spagnola, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
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After a long lead-up, Black Friday 2023 is finally here with some of the best health and wellness deals of the year.
—Phoebe Sklansky, Health, 24 Nov. 2023
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The lead-up to the Fourth is a particularly good time to invest in a brand-new mattress.
—Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
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The question rang out throughout the lead-up to Auburn’s first game: was Auburn’s hype in the running back room a result of a bad run defense?
—Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023
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With a book by Lynn Nottage, the show focuses on the lead-up to that record-smashing tour, but still enfolds a heck of a playlist.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024
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The fire alarm is the latest wrinkle for the 49ers, whose lead-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Chiefs hasn’t been perfectly smooth.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
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The lead-up to their football season was anything but normal.
—Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
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Despite all the lead-up, today’s hearing was over in less than 20 minutes.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 July 2024
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Yeah, means a ton, ton of fun to get out there and have that energy, the atmosphere, all the lead-up and all the hard work that has gotten us to this point.
—oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
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My fleets blot out the sun and bathe their world in ominous darkness, all in a lead-up to the activation of my deadly weapon.
—WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
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His journey to Australia for the Open and its lead-up tournaments was his first trip overseas.
—Matthew Futterman Jane Stockdale, New York Times, 3 July 2023
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The lead-up to the actual runway show (set in the aforementioned high school) in this episode is devoid of drama.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 13 July 2023
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Although the lead-up to the grand final proved to be chaotic, the main event was a relatively smooth affair.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 12 May 2024
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After days of delays, the men’s and women’s triathlons plunged into the Seine last week, but the mixed relay triathlon also had a rough lead-up.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Aug. 2024
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Teens were wanted for previous crimes, police say Footage of the chase released on Friday shows the lead-up to the highway shooting.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
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Melanie later said Bloom had complained about leg cramps in the days leading up to his death.
—Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
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The circumstances leading up to the shooting were not known and no one was in custody.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
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Videos will be on the White House social media platforms leading up to Monday's event.
—Justin Gomez, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2023
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The city had been at the center of escalating tensions and violence in the year leading up to the incursion.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 5 July 2023
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Troubled days before the shooting In the days and weeks leading up to the shooting, Massey appeared to be in crisis.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
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Some dancers worry that this could tarnish the essence of the movement, a concern shared by many B-boys and B-girls leading up to breaking’s Olympic debut.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 10 Aug. 2024
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There, waiting for me under the middle staircase, the one that leads up to my fifth-floor apartment, was a collapsible plastic box from the local Shoppers’ Co-op.
—Hiromi Kawakami, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
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The egg board is also donating more than 5 million eggs to food banks nationwide in the weeks leading up to Passover and Easter to help with holiday meals, Metz said.
—Darlene Superville, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
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Trump could still appeal the decision to try and guard his conversations with Pence leading up to the January 6th Capitol attack.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
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The years leading up to menopause can be full of changes.
—Eden Arielle Gordon, SELF, 13 Dec. 2023
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Make a few and arrange them on the lawn leading up to the door.
—Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2023
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Many of the events leading up to the 500 will be shown on FS1, as well as on the Fox Sports app.
—Greg Engle, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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But in the days leading up to the race, Farley had his doubts.
—Kelyn Soong, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
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Here's a list of fast and slow jams to groove to in the days leading up to Super Bowl 58.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
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Team rosters will be announced in the weeks leading up to the event.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 17 June 2024
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His go-to look for the events leading up to the wedding was a J.Crew white shirt paired with Tom Ford cream trousers.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
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What's a typical day of eating in the week leading up to the marathon?
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
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Steve Ducote fears that in the days leading up to Megan's death, the couple may have been fighting.
—David Begnaud, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2024
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The months leading up to the 1963 March were bloody and full of conflict between activists and racists.
—Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
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Shopping for your wedding weekend and all of the events leading up to the big day?
—Anny Choi, Vogue, 2 July 2024
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The Spanish-style stone façade is flanked by greenery leading up to the arched front door.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
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Olivia Culpo is in the final stretch leading up to her wedding!
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
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The high risk of wildfires was well known by officials in the days leading up to the outbreak on Maui.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
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In the final weeks leading up to the stadium sales tax vote, the teams cast White as a villain.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
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The health of the economy is still a major variable leading up to the election.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
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Noakes asked that people who live in the area check their cameras for any video that may have captured the crash or what led up to it.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2024
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The current season of Sister Wives has shown the moments leading up to Meri and Kody's split.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
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Dentists poured millions into the campaign to promote it in the months leading up to the vote.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
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But the weeks leading up to the race saw a steady stream of negative news reports from locals.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
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The show documented the singer's early years in high school leading up to his rise to fame.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
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