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foreruns

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present tense third-person singular of forerun

as in implies

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

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The finding implies that methanol masers are a common product of all planet-forming discs and therefore are produced by processes that are universal in star- and planet-birth, regardless of the protostar's mass.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
This implies demand of roughly 120 million metric tons per year of green ammonia by mid-century.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

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With The Keepers, Black Tomato co-founder Tom Marchant predicts that in a world where nearly anything can be looked up or generated in seconds, human knowledge and connection are the ultimate luxuries.

— Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026
Next, Meta will string the Muses together to create a team of helpful agents, Nguyen predicts.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

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And the angelic youth Dorian Gray’s deadly descent into vanity and vice—ignited by a hubristic obsession with his own image—eerily foreshadows the grim trajectory of Wilde’s later years.

— Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Early on, there’s a moment that foreshadows what the real debate is (or should be).

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

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