Lead
Points
Lead and points are semantically related in call attention topic. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead a verb "Points".
Both words in one sentence
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Flipping the Bird: After Paige used his fingers to count how many technicals Blake Griffin had (and lost points and the lead because his thumb stuck out, resulting in 17 instead of 16), Reali eliminated him, but not before Woody showed another 16 fingers, with the last one being the middle finger.
Source: Series / Around the Horn -
During the short time where he had to lead the team on his own, he ended up scoring the second-largest amount of points for an NBA player with 81 points against the Toronto Raptors.
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As Angua points out, not even Vimes would have stood a chance if they'd just rushed him at once instead of giving him a "lead" and harassing him one at a time.
Source: Discworld / The Fifth Elephant
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Points and Lead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lead/points
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