in the lead
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JPMorgan JPM -0.21%decrease; down pointing triangle Chase named Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh as co-presidents of the company, putting them in the lead as candidates to succeed Chief Executive Jamie Dimon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Instead, the VSC allowed him to save 10 seconds on a stop, and come out still in the lead, and then pull away on fresher tyres.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
But two weeks later, Hernandez ended up in the lead with 54% of the vote to Cedillo’s 46%.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The latest polls show a three-way split, with former president Joe Biden's health secretary Xavier Becerra in the lead.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
The two boats churned toward the railroad bridge with Washington in the lead, but by the time they passed beneath the steel expanse, California had closed the gap to a matter of inches.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
