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The great gate fronting to the north was about four feet high, and almost two feet wide, through which I could easily creep.

After saluting her, he led her to a couch that fronted us, where they both sat down, and the young Genoese helped her to a glass of wine, with some Naples biscuit on a salver.

Know you not Gaueston hath store of golde,

Which may in Ireland purchase him such friends,

As he will front the mightiest of vs all,

Three tiers of balconies fronted with roped columns supporting arched openings looked down on the marble hall.

The velar plosives are often fronted through the influence of a following front vowel, and retracted through the influence of a following back vowel.

[…] in the clause, only the adjective may be fronted; but if both a past participle and a verbal particle are present, either may be fronted. Topicalization, in which maximal projections are fronted to express pragmatics such as contrast, emphasis, ...

Everybody knew Skopas fronted for the fight mob even though he was officially the arena manager.

Ray Winstone is fronting a campaign for the Football Association that aims to stop pushy parents shouting abuse at their children during the grassroots football season.

Fronting can be understood as a representation of who controls the system, that is, the person to whom you are speaking. Emilia was typically the person fronting her system.

I'm prepared to say that I fronted you the money for a business deal with me, and the investment paid off brilliantly.

So when I tell people where I'm from and check their reactions, I know in my heart I'm just frontin’. Because the way and where I lived then pales when compared to the way and where many youths are living today.

You think that you can front when revelation comes? / You can't front on that

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