lead item
Example Sentences
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Mr Salmond's evidence to a committee of MSPs tasked with examining the Scottish government's botched handling of harassment allegations against him was the lead item on the BBC's main teatime news that night.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2022
A virus story has been the lead item on each broadcast - four stories by Pelley, two by Bill Whitaker and one by Norah O’Donnell.
From Washington Times • May 5, 2020
The exchange was captured on video and within minutes was the lead item on British news.
From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016
It is the lead item in a trove of memorabilia being sold by the estate of the Beatles historian Uwe Blaschke on Sept. 19 in New York.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2015
What about the lead item in most press summaries of the book: Gates’ critique of Obama?
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2014
