forerunner

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Two years later, though, Jospin won a revenge of sorts when the cocky Chirac called an early general election, expecting his right-wing RPR party -- forerunner of Nicolas Sarkozy's Republicans -- to win easily.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

The Actor Awards ignored Erivo altogether, also skipping “Wicked: For Good” for the cast award that its forerunner was nominated for last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Brought online with the Cuban missile crisis, the system linked remote computers via telephone lines, a forerunner to the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

The Grangemouth oil refinery, one of the oldest in the UK, was established in 1924 by Scottish Oils, a subsidiary of the Anglo Persian Oil Company which was the forerunner of BP.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

In essence, the OSS was the nation’s spy program—the forerunner of the CIA.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield