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

I would lie thus for hours motionless, with lulled mind, until the breeze forerunning the dawn, or the quavering wail of the jackal, recalled the startled thought to the prison bonds of self.

From Apologia Diffidentis by Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock)

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.]

The forerunning qualm of seasickness was as nothing to this.

From The Call of the Canyon by Grey, Zane