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A US military ship is seen in the foreground in the Arabian Sea in April.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Throughout a prolific career that spanned decades, Saar brought issues of race and racism to the foreground in ways that were immediate and visceral.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The piece’s hero image is Waters, sitting on a couch with what appears to be a toddler while, blurred in the foreground, a pair of baby feet dangle into the frame.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
This nicely establishes what “Beneath the Surface” is about; the domestic tranquility of the foreground depends on the industrial heft that’s barely seen behind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Incidentally, may I ask if the young lady in the foreground in the blue outfit is Mary Magdalene?
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Brown’s dreamlike visions of the climate and uniquely structured scenes—often with barely there foregrounds that emphasize the abstracted weather surrounding them—owe much to his mentor Ray Yoshida, as well as to Joseph Yoakum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
To that end, before “Welcome to Derry” resurfaces the internet’s favorite scary clown, it foregrounds the ways that small-town charm can be an effective mask for the mundane evils we confront every day.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025
At the same time, many new diagnostic methods and early-intervention therapies have been developed in recent years, which foregrounds the need to identify more risk factors for the disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2023
It is impossible to ignore that it foregrounds it in any production because it says explicitly: must cast disabled actors in those roles.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
The repeated “He,” has a sarcastic tone, and the hysteron proteron in the second sentence foregrounds this notion on which the argument turns: Is pride really a bad thing?
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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