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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 pavilion will open on November 20, heralding the arrival of the inaugural Rubaiya Qatar.

— News Desk, Artforum, 10 Sep. 2026
And your neighbor’s rooster that heralds the dawn every single morning is actually a living talisman of protection.

— Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of herald

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His performance and leadership could foreshadow a dramatic improvement in Mizzou’s subpar passing game last season.

— PJ Green September 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
And his cynical dealings in Washington foreshadowed a toxification of US politics that now runs rampant.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of foreshadow

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At the same time, from the laboratory’s point of view, gravity is pulling the same falling phase down, so its wave should pick up a specific amount of phase predicted by the theory.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Combining two of the three largest US carriers would transform the country’s aviation industry to such an extent that many analysts predicted regulators would never clear such a deal.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of predict

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Similarly, the Broncos just missed out in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll, which, as the name implies, coaches across FBS vote on — including Boise State head coach Spencer Danielson.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 8 Sep. 2026
The investment bank's forecast implies a roughly 20% increase in the cost of Brent crude, the international benchmark, which is trading at nearly $100 a barrel.

— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of imply

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Enciso can be the bustling out-ball, the tenacious, front-footed defender and provide the moments of individual brilliance to get Ipswich out of the relegation trouble many anticipate.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Rather, the neural signals associated with threat detection and pain were most acute when people were merely anticipating the test.

— Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of anticipate

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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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