How to Use pole position in a Sentence

pole position

noun
  • Leclerc won the race from pole position and finished with the fastest lap.
    Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Two live albums duke it out in the U.K. chart race, with Blur taking pole position.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 July 2024
  • Graham Rahal earned the pole position for the second time in three races.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The Cavaliers seemed in pole position to put things firmly out of reach.
    Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Sergio Pérez started from pole position and led for a while.
    Josh Katz, New York Times, 7 May 2023
  • Larson will start fifth in the Indy 500, and Scott McLaughlin secured the pole position.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
  • The top stocks have jockeyed all month for the pole position, with Nvidia finally edging past both of its big-tech peers.
    Carmen Reinicke, Bloomberg.com, 18 June 2024
  • The fictional team is positioned 11th on the grid but is fighting to get to pole position.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 July 2024
  • That’s not to say that just because everyone wants to fly, every competitor is in the same pole position.
    Byjane Thier, Fortune, 9 June 2023
  • That helped propel China into pole position as the world’s No 1 car exporter.
    Laura He, CNN, 13 June 2024
  • Colton Herta earned the pole position and Simon Pagenaud took a wild ride that resulted in him missing the race.
    Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2023
  • Biden was the betting favorite in the 2020 race, holding the pole position with Oddscheker from May through November.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Align believes that the deal will give Hybe pole position in the Korean music industry and hurt consumers.
    Scott Nover, Quartz, 17 Feb. 2023
  • But when taking stock of the streaming giants in their chase for Netflix-like subscribers and margins, WBD appears to have put itself in pole position.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2023
  • So how in the world did this insane, perverse, delightful film get in pole position to win the biggest prize in American cinema?
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Five weeks later, Grande’s latest Hot 100 chart-topper — her eighth overall and sixth to debut in the pole position — received a remix from none other than Mariah Carey.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Having won the presidential election in March, Europe Now was in pole position to emerge as the largest party in the country’s parliament.
    Aleks Eror, Fortune Crypto, 10 June 2023
  • Scott McLaughlin qualified for the pole position, but he was assessed a 9-place grid penalty for making a fifth engine change this season.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Oppenheimer retains pole position in the Best Picture race.
    Vulture, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Fans were not exactly elated when Ben Powers took pole position in the competition at left guard.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Thanks to her alliance with Matsson, Shiv seemingly finished the penultimate episode in pole position.
    Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • The Cowboys, who have also experienced their ups and downs, took advantage — perhaps with a little help from the refs in last week’s controversial win over the Lions — and are now in the pole position to win the division.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Only Lewis Hamilton's equalled his seven championships and surpassed his win, pole position, and podium finish records.
    Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
  • In the middle of the pole position ceremony, Sacha Fenestraz was told had been given a post-session penalty, making Jake Hughes the polesitter.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 8 May 2023
  • After claiming his maiden pole position in Australia on Saturday, Verstappen was out-sprinted to the first turn by Russell in a lively opening.
    Courtney Walsh, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Gibbs also won the pole position for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Charlotte.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 25 May 2024
  • Silverstone, in Northamptonshire, is an iconic racing track with an illustrious past filled with the very best drivers pushing their limits and vying for pole position.
    Rebekah Evans, The Week Uk, theweek, 29 July 2024
  • The latter began his stellar rise in motorsport at a young age, spent a decade driving professionally, and then steered his own marketing company before moving to McLaren, where he’s held the pole position for five years.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Perhaps no moment demonstrated that better than when Grosjean hopped out of his car Saturday and jogged down pitlane to congratulate Kirkwood on winning the pole position.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The vice president is now in pole position to receive the Democratic nomination at the party’s upcoming convention.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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