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

"We hear and we obey," answered they and turning back to their braves did his bidding and spread themselves about the sides of the valley in the twilight forerunning the dawn.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Not far off, on an island in the river, one can see people who are watching the fête and who think that they are present at one of the spectacles forerunning doomsday.

From Contemporary Russian Novelists by Persky, Serge

It was the fate that he expected; he, like so many, had a forerunning assurance of his end.

From John Redmond's Last Years by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius