How to Use lead-up in a Sentence

lead-up

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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
• The lead-up to their big day was captured in the first season of Don't Be Tardy.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• 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
• Read full article The lead-up to the awards was full of drama.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
• The lead-up to the July 28 election has not been promising.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
• The lead-up to the landing wasn’t without some hiccups.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
• 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
• The classic is one of the last lead-up meets before the U.S. team is selected.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
• Fans were plentiful, as were cameras to capture the action and the lead-up to the games.
  — Stephen Saito, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The lead-up to the Games have been tough for several notable athletes.
  — Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
• What will Cohen say about the lead-up to hush money payments?
  — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
• It’s set in the lead-up to his debut runway show in September of last year.
  — Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
• The lead-up to the landing included last-minute shuffling.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• The lead-up to new model year production starts well before new cars hit the lots.
  — Mike Spagnola, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 2 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The lead-up to their football season was anything but normal.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
• Despite all the lead-up, today’s hearing was over in less than 20 minutes.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 July 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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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lead up

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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
• The circumstances leading up to the shooting were not known and no one was in custody.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
• Videos will be on the White House social media platforms leading up to Monday's event.
  — Justin Gomez, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The years leading up to menopause can be full of changes.
  — Eden Arielle Gordon, SELF, 13 Dec. 2023
• Make a few and arrange them on the lawn leading up to the door.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2023
• 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
• But in the days leading up to the race, Farley had his doubts.
  — Kelyn Soong, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
• 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
• Team rosters will be announced in the weeks leading up to the event.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 17 June 2024
• 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
• What's a typical day of eating in the week leading up to the marathon?
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Shopping for your wedding weekend and all of the events leading up to the big day?
  — Anny Choi, Vogue, 2 July 2024
• The Spanish-style stone façade is flanked by greenery leading up to the arched front door.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
• Olivia Culpo is in the final stretch leading up to her wedding!
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
• 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
• 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
• The health of the economy is still a major variable leading up to the election.
  — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• 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
• The current season of Sister Wives has shown the moments leading up to Meri and Kody's split.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• Dentists poured millions into the campaign to promote it in the months leading up to the vote.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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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