lead the world
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: to be the most successful in the world
Their company leads the world in developing new technology to assist people with disabilities.
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America can continue to lead the world in AI development while also establishing the necessary safeguards to protect humanity from catastrophe.
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Brendan Steinhauser, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
Over the course of a day and a half, the more than 130 members of the College of Cardinals had come to a decision on who should lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
—Maureen K. Day, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
The Vatican also plans to use signal jammers around the Sistine Chapel to prevent electronic surveillance or communication outside the conclave that will see 133 cardinals vote on who will succeed Pope Francis and lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Italian news agency ANSA reported.
—Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
But Leo’s historic election last week to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics as the first U.S.-born pope means that the two most powerful people on the planet are Americans.
—Laurie Kellman, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
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Brendan Steinhauser, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
Over the course of a day and a half, the more than 130 members of the College of Cardinals had come to a decision on who should lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
—Maureen K. Day, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
The Vatican also plans to use signal jammers around the Sistine Chapel to prevent electronic surveillance or communication outside the conclave that will see 133 cardinals vote on who will succeed Pope Francis and lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Italian news agency ANSA reported.
—Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
But Leo’s historic election last week to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics as the first U.S.-born pope means that the two most powerful people on the planet are Americans.
—Laurie Kellman, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
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