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

I would lie thus for hours motionless, with lulled mind, until the breeze forerunning the dawn, or the quavering wail of the jackal, recalled the startled thought to the prison bonds of self.

From Apologia Diffidentis by Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock)

The forerunning qualm of seasickness was as nothing to this.

From The Call of the Canyon by Grey, Zane

"We hear and we obey," answered they and turning back to their braves did his bidding and spread themselves about the sides of the valley in the twilight forerunning the dawn.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir