Sentence examples for formidable lead over from inspiring English sources

Two Vardy goals send Sunderland deeper into trouble and preserve Leicester's formidable lead over Spurs.

Clinton holds a formidable lead over Donald Trump among black voters, who turned out in record numbers for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.

Now it is Mr. Bloomberg who seems to have such a formidable lead over Mr. Ferrer, and neither side expects it to hold in the coming days and weeks.

Fiscal hawk or not, Mr. de Blasio has a formidable lead over Mr. Lhota in recent polls, and many members of the business world are letting their previous skepticism give way to a pragmatic sense of "work with what you've got".

With less than a month until Election Day, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has built a formidable lead over Democratic challenger Ben Jealous, a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds, with few voters undecided and most preferring the incumbent Republican even on key Jealous issues such as health care and education.

For the Yankees, the loss ended a five-game winning streak but hardly put a dent in an otherwise successful homestand in which they packed the Stadium on a daily basis, won 8 of 11 games, saw a Yankees starting pitcher last eight innings in four consecutive games and stretched their already formidable lead over Boston in the American League East to 10 1/2 games.

In a newly released poll, Vice President Al Gore's once-formidable lead over Gov. George W. Bush has shrunk to just five percentage points.

Analysts said this showed Toyota could be building a formidable lead in global markets over G.M., which has recently relied on strong overseas sales to offset its weakness in the United States.

Heading into Tuesday's contest, Clinton held a formidable lead of 290 pledged delegates over Sanders, according to a tally by the Associated Press.

Apart from an 85-run stand between Ian Blackwell and Rob Turner, Somerset were struggling to build a formidable lead.

She made her move during the second mile and established a formidable lead by the fourth mile.