foremost
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“Mayor’s races are first and foremost about what people see outside of their front doors, when they walk their kids to school, when they drive to work,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Heteropessimism exists alongside heterosexuality not because being straight is terrible or embarrassing or out of fashion, but because it is, first and foremost, an institution — one that in many places remains dangerous to spurn.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
“The country’s foremost melanoma specialists stood behind the RP1 data,” Patel said at the time.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
"First and foremost, I'm so grateful that only two officers have suffered serious injury," he told BBC Scotland News.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Ralph fumbled to hold his spear so that it was point foremost; and now he saw that the stick was sharpened at both ends.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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