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

The forerunning qualm of seasickness was as nothing to this.

From The Call of the Canyon by Grey, Zane

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

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

From The Choir Invisible by Allen, James Lane