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Gleiberman concluded the film is "lighter, more frolicsome, less lead-footed than such clomping live-action Disney remakes as Alice in Wonderland and Beauty and the Beast".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

It leaves us lead-footed, making it impossible for us to sprint toward the future.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022

When, a minute into the track, a heavy bass line and overall bottom-end rumble arrive, the track shoots into gear like a lead-footed street racer.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2018

A lead-footed touch from Higuain breaks up a promising attack in the middle, but Nigeria’s long ball to try to spring a counter goes straight to Armani in the Argentina end.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2018

I was standing there, lead-footed with horror, when two men pushed through the door carrying a sheet-wrapped bundle between them.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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