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leading man

[lee-ding] / ˈli dɪŋ /


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Matt James, the leading man on Season 25 of “The Bachelor,” ambled around with his mother in a T-shirt that read, “Raw Milk Club.”

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

The Napoli player, who has been the Scots' leading man in recent campaigns, was part of the group as they travelled from their base camp in Charlotte.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

An unusually pretty leading man who is quirkier and funnier than he looks, Galitzine is the kind of rising talent Hollywood rarely knows how to handle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The film’s greatest mystery may be how an actress as gifted as Tanaka failed to motivate a leading man as naturally charismatic as Nakadai.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Had she missed another lengthy lecture on a movie plot and the dreaminess of the leading man?

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland




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