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On the sad and evocative ballad “Loneliest Girl,” she uses small pauses for rhythmic emphasis to foreground rhymes that complicate the action with each occurrence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
As the supernova's light travels toward Earth, it passes by two galaxies in the foreground.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 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
Visitors view other butterflies behind an owl butterfly, foreground.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
Incidentally, may I ask if the young lady in the foreground in the blue outfit is Mary Magdalene?
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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Power Prefix: fore-
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Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Rhetorical Analysis (Chapter 2)
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