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lead on

verb as in bait

verb as in entice

verb as in vamp

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Puso Dithejane scored the lone goal of the first half for Galaxy and Keita completed a sweeping move covering the length of the pitch to double the lead on 84 minutes.

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“To this day, we live some of that, and our counselors are taking the lead on how we support learning and are being very influential in how that affects classrooms.”

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“We run together in practice, we push each other and it helps us so much,” said Corrigan, who took the lead on the second mile.

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They point out that the bins are part of a much larger effort by the city to reach its zero-waste goals and “lead on sustainability.”

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Pope has been deputy for most of Ben Stokes' three years as Test skipper, stepping up to lead on five occasions - including England's last Test against India in July.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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