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

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

From The Choir Invisible by Allen, James Lane

Even as Andromeda spoke, the sea was broken by the track of a creature that cleft the water as does the forerunning gale of a mighty storm.

From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen

Seen in advance of all the other indications, the puffs of vapor they spouted, seemed their forerunning couriers and detached flying outriders.

From Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Melville, Herman