preface

Leo has previously referenced Dylan in his own work, quoting Dylan's unreleased anti-nuclear song, Go Away You Bomb, in the preface to a book titled Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Leo, the first US pope, quoted a Bob Dylan lyric in the preface to a book about disarmament published earlier this year, according to Vatican News.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

There’s a chilling promise in the preface of “This Dark Night,” Deborah Lutz’s account of the life of a celebrated early-19th-century English poet and novelist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

This preface, which harks back to “Richard II” and “Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2” in addition to the three parts of “Henry VI” that immediately precede “Richard III,” crowds an already crowded plot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Even Sebond’s work had fallen foul of the censors, not for its basic thrust, but for the extravagant claims made on behalf of it by Sebond in his preface.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Then again, as the family tree that prefaces this memoir makes clear, it made no difference that the Moritz family had lived in German territory since the 18th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

This is how New Orleans community organizer Malik Rahim prefaces the calm before “Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time” plunges into one of the deadliest storms in American history.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025

“I do have something for you, and I think it might hold the heart of the show,” he prefaces with sincerity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

Benedict then largely kept to his word that he would live a life of prayer in retirement, emerging only occasionally from his converted monastery for special events and writing occasional book prefaces and messages.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

The writers of books on insect behavior generally take pains, in their prefaces, to caution that insects are like creatures from another planet, that their behavior is absolutely foreign, totally unhuman, unearthly, almost unbiological.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Visitors were dazzled by color-television demonstrations and the Picturephone, an early video-calling system that prefaced technologies developed decades later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

Elsewhere, pro-Palestinian demonstrations prefaced Italy's vital win over Israel and Spain took another step towards qualification with a big victory against Bulgaria.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

Hopp prefaced the discussion by noting that any single survey can involve statistical flukes that make it hard to form any definitive conclusions.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2025

Footage from the trial is prefaced by a brief explanation of the shooting, including pictures of Hutchins and Souza.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025

I tried to keep it casual and prefaced the question by saying that I knew dances weren't his cup of tea...but would he like to go to prom with me?

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

“I am not prone to hyperbole. I am prone to, like, popping off a little bit. I know that,” Walz said, prefacing his argument that Americans are living in a “dangerous” time.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025

“I’m still alive and I’m healthy,” he said, prefacing the words with a chuckle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

Merchan briefly discussed the transcript issue with jurors and Necheles proceeded to show them the correct version, prefacing her remarks with a mea culpa: “Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for that error.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

She, too, wanted to dream up rich fictional lives in lieu of what she saw at the time as the burden of prefacing her story with an explanation of her mixed-race identity and upbringing.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2021

“I’ve come to ask you to accompany us,” Blanca said without prefacing her remarks.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende