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.]

Even to the poorest laborer's family comes now something like peace and rest forerunning the intermission of the night.

From Bits about Home Matters by Jackson, Helen Hunt

I am of opinion, were all his voluminous centuries of fabulous relations compiled, they would vye in number with the Iliads of many forerunning ages.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John