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forerun

verb

fȯr-ˈrən

Definition of forerun

as in to herald

to give a slight indication of beforehand the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire

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The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro were heralded at launch as the first AI Smartphones, and that direction has been evident in both design and marketing since then.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
He was heralded as a modern goalkeeper, comfortable playing clever passes into midfield.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of herald

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But as the timeline would foreshadow, the COVID-19 pandemic began shortly after, and the two made the decision to quarantine together.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Back in January, Hegseth’s top spokesman, Sean Parnell, foreshadowed changes to the publication, raising concerns inside the newsroom.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of foreshadow

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The pro-presidential Adilet party is widely predicted to win an overwhelming majority, with several smaller parties loyal to Tokayev also anticipated to enter parliament.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Bauer said the city does not anticipate any salt shortages during the 2026-27 season.

— Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

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In between, works by contemporaries complicate superficial ideas about his meteoric genius, and small, delicate drawings teem with an abundance of ideas — paintings never made, thoughts adumbrated then abandoned.

— Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
Nothing in America’s tepid 19th-century contributions to European classical music adumbrated it; nor did the homely and sometimes hokey popular songs of Stephen Foster.

— Heather Mac Donald, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019

Definition of adumbrate

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On the city’s West Side, the site of storied clubs such as Silvio’s as well as the Maxwell Street Market, blues musicians developed a style of electric blues in the 1950s that typically included a horn section (prefiguring soul music).

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Other Black families tried to hold on under the new regime but ultimately found Wilmington untenable and moved north, joining a local exodus that prefigured the Great Migration.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026

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