Sentence examples for lead drop from inspiring English sources

Only on the last lap, when Rudd was protecting his lead, did his lead drop below 1.5 seconds.

James Loney homered for the Rays, who have lost 13 of 17 and saw their lead drop to one game over the Yankees for the second A.L. wild-card spot.

Drawing to a close a determined and relatively glitch-free four-day gathering, which nevertheless saw the Conservatives' polls lead drop four points, Cameron said he had some simple beliefs: in family community, country.

They widened the lead to 20 points midway through the third quarter, and although the Nets let the lead drop to 9 points with 2 minutes 53 seconds to play, Newman and Van Horn hit clutch shots and Douglas scored 7 of the final 9 points.

Second, the same report said that while Nokia still commands more than one-third of the global handset market, it's seeing its lead drop somewhat, while U.S.-based Motorola is gaining steam.

But the lead dropped to one game from four in a little more than two weeks.

The lead dropped to 2 points just once, on Kawhi Leonard's 3-pointer with two minutes to go.

The Hawkeyes' conference lead dropped to half a game over No. 12 Ohio State (19-4, 8-4) and Wisconsin (18-7, 8-4).

Djokovic raced into a 3-0 leadroppinging only four points in the process, before taking the opening set in just 34 minutes.

But during this period the national press fixated on the spectacle, and Clinton's lead dropped significantly — and, perhaps, decisively — in national polls.

He rattles into a 40-0 leadropsops a point with a wayward backhand, and holds with an ace down the middle.