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Recent Examples on the WebPhoenix is on the leading edge of an issue facing many cities on a warming planet: more summer days that raise the risks of injury or even death if people don’t take appropriate precautions. Alicia A. Caldwell, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022 When a wave begins to break, tiny aerated regions along the leading edge cause a few streams to separate from the main vortex. Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 20 July 2022 Those winds were detected by the Doppler radar in Sterling, Va.) and shown by the patch of orange colors along the leading edge of the bow. Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 23 June 2022 Lackey said that leading edge industrial manufacturers in many sectors have achieved impressive real-world results with connected data intelligence from SAP Digital Manufacturing solutions. Susan Galer, Forbes, 3 May 2022 South Korea is at the leading edge of countries in Asia that kept cases low for much of the pandemic but are now sizing up the virus differently amid record numbers of cases, as high vaccination rates have kept hospitalizations and deaths low. Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022 Early action would also better safeguard people in high-exposure jobs or living situations, who can end up imperiled on a wave’s leading edge, Raifman said. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2022 Whether Intel passed on the opportunity or couldn’t meet the spec is by now a moot point, but missing out on the smartphone revolution—and its billions of chips—played no small part in the company falling behind the leading edge. Tim De Chant, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2022 The Columbia Accident Investigation Board determines that the cause of the accident was a piece of insulating foam that broke off and struck a hole in the leading edge of the left wing less than two minutes into the flight.CNN, 19 Jan. 2022 See More