in the foreground
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He sings with an unusual drawl that connects to the diction of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, and his compact melodies and tightly structured chord progressions put his voice and lyrics in the foreground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
As the supernova's light travels toward Earth, it passes by two galaxies in the foreground.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2026
A large mound of snow visible in the foreground in 2025 was gone in 2026.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
The iconic photograph taken by astronaut William Anders captured the bright blue Earth against the vast darkness of space, with the Moon's cratered surface in the foreground.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
There’s probably a religious motif, though in the foreground something more immediate: money, the release of others jailed in some sinkhole for doing more or less the same thing these men are doing.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
