as in leading lady
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The Season 29 premiere of The Bachelor kicked off Monday night with its usual introduction to the new leading man, a 30-year-old day trader from Houston, Texas.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
The Producers Mel Brooks’s stage musical version of his own movie stormed Broadway in 2001 and then brought its leading man, Nathan Lane, to London in 2004.
—Matt Wolf, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
As a force-of-nature newcomer vying for a big-screen break, Margot Robbie is all frantic energy, while Brad Pitt deploys his star wattage to great effect playing a famous leading man just cresting the peak of his career and starting on the way down.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Neymar had served his time at the Camp Nou, was more than justified in wanting to be the leading man rather than a supporting actor.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
The Producers Mel Brooks’s stage musical version of his own movie stormed Broadway in 2001 and then brought its leading man, Nathan Lane, to London in 2004.
—Matt Wolf, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
As a force-of-nature newcomer vying for a big-screen break, Margot Robbie is all frantic energy, while Brad Pitt deploys his star wattage to great effect playing a famous leading man just cresting the peak of his career and starting on the way down.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Neymar had served his time at the Camp Nou, was more than justified in wanting to be the leading man rather than a supporting actor.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Leading man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20man. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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