as in first
coming before all others in time or order
the headmost horse shied at the sight of a snake
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After drawing 1-1 with Manchester United at the beginning of the month, dropping points for the first time in the Women’s Super League (WSL) this season, Chelsea needed a penalty to equalise and finish with the same result away against FC Twente of the Vrouwen Eredivisie.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
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Friday’s press conference before Game 1 of the finals marked Engelbert’s first public comments since her stewardship came under fire from some of the league’s biggest stars earlier this week.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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With more than 600 million copies of the books sold worldwide, and everything related to them continuing to do well years after the initial release of the books, one wonders how this series remains popular despite the deluge of young adult novels (and controversy) that followed it.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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In an email, Uber said Rinderknecht passed his initial background check in 2023.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Hoping to distance herself from the grief and guilt, the workaholic petitions her editor (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) to be assigned to a lighter beat, reporting on the maiden voyage of the luxury yacht the Aurora Borealis.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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In December 2024, the flying car made its maiden voyage, completing a journey in the skies above Shanghai's Lujiazui Central Business District.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The 2019 Nationals aren’t even the foremost road warriors of the last few years.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Olivier Wenden is Vice Chairman & CEO, Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, one of the world’s foremost philanthropic institutions dedicated to environmental conservation.—
Olivier Wenden,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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The original sword requested by administration officials was given to Eisenhower in 1947 by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Gathering more accurate data about right whales while revising the original law would help protect the animals, Olsen said.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Building community was the theme of Folsom Family Pride, an inaugural celebration of the LGBTQ+ community held Saturday at Folsom City Lions Park.—
JOSÉ LUIS VILLEGAS,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The experience was part of the inaugural Antigua and Barbuda Culinary Month, an exciting extension of the island’s culinary series which began in 2023.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Headmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmost. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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