forerunning

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Here’s a timeline of Steve Bannon’s White House months and the forerunning campaign role:

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2017

A finger forerunning his eyes along the page.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

It would be interesting, if our present purposes only warranted the undertaking, to trace the forerunning conditions of a period of scientific endeavour.

From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.

There was one swift backward movement of his mind over the chain of forerunning events.

From The Choir Invisible by Allen, James Lane

It was the fate that he expected; he, like so many, had a forerunning assurance of his end.

From John Redmond's Last Years by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius