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

A timid hint of coolness, forerunning the dawn, rode up on the breeze.

From The Brass Bowl by Vance, Louis Joseph

From the Moment these previous, these forerunning Complaints are perceived, they allow themselves to eat nothing but gross Meat, Eggs, or strong Meat-Soups.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

He welcomed the mere accident of their presence as though it possessed a forerunning intelligence, as though it were the annunciation of his approaching change of life.

From The Choir Invisible by Allen, James Lane