fore and aft
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In Montana, the GPS searches for my salvation, fore and aft.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2020
Her 20-foot fiberglass boat, with snarling teeth painted on the bow, had fore and aft cabins and an open space in the middle where she could work the oars.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2020
Large fore and aft cargo doors can malfunction and leak.
From Washington Times • Jan. 8, 2020
They move by bending their bodies from side to side, called lateral undulation, in a fish-like manner while “walking” their arms and legs fore and aft.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Mrs. Johnson loved it; she was in love with the redwood paneling, the wall-to- wall carpeting, the picture windows fore and aft, the view that the rear window provided—hills, a valley, then sky and ocean.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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