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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
Faith, family, and national identity — long central themes — have moved from the background to the foreground.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
In the foreground of the painting was a car encampment with a tattered floral sheet woven through the windows, cloth tarps and couch cushions creating a shield against the elements.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
In the foreground, black silhouettes, the two boys and Joe’s cousin, moved in a lazy kind of athletic ballet.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing foreground
Power Prefix: fore-
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