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 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

Imaginative forecast of the future is this forerunning quality of behavior rendered available for guidance in the present.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

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

From The Choir Invisible by Allen, James Lane