Draft and Lead

Draft

Draft verb - To pick especially for required military service.

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Lead and draft are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a verb "Draft".

Nearby Words: drafted, drafting, draftee, drafter, draftsman

Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Draft and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Draft" instead a verb "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

good	good draft	good lead
high	high draft	high lead
certain	certain draft	certain lead
current	current draft	current lead
Other adjectives: original, initial, single, obvious, actual, great, little, slight, main, new, early, former, several, previous.

This means that incidentally, the restrictor plate races tend to have more lead changes than non-plate races (since drivers have to draft instead of rely on shifting gears), but have larger wrecks.

Source: Power Limiter
Second-stringer and sixth round draft pick Tom Brady, who would then lead the Patriots to four Superbowl wins.

Source: Put Me In, Coach!
It is notable that in David Franzoni's original draft of the screenplay, the lead character's name was Narcissus.

Source: Film / Gladiator

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