leading role

Example Sentences

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“You now have a leading role in that effort.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

"By yielding to pressure, it weakens collective action and renounces its potential leading role," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Lyric Theatre Belfast, the venue where he performed the leading role in the Shakespeare play, said it was devastated to learn of his death.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

And beyond his outsize presence on the course, Woods has played a leading role reshaping the PGA Tour while it prepares to undergo significant change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

It was like being forced to act the leading role in a play you’d watched many times but had never actually rehearsed.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline