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

And even as the flight began, the forerunning wind and rain came in a gust of fury.

From Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, the Naval Terror of the Seas by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

In this forerunning glow of the sunset, the pasture spread like emerald; for the dry touch of summer had not yet come near it.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen

In such cases the axiom is not the forerunning cause of the action, but its justifying explanation.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various