front rank
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The films were critical and popular hits that vaulted Mr. Trintignant to the front rank of European cinema.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022
This deal, dubbed US-ELT, would give U.S. astronomers an advantage over Europeans: front rank telescopes in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 31, 2021
After that Mr Ouattara went back on his commitment to step away from the front rank of political life.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2020
But McNally’s streak of signature plays -- the ones that won him awards and brought him to the front rank of American playwriting -- didn’t begin until 1987, the year he turned 48.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2020
On March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks, a former slave, was in the front rank of an angry crowd facing several British soldiers armed with bayonet-tipped muskets.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
