Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this point it was seen that there would be trouble ahead, and a number of old Harvard oarsmen were consulted as to whether it was best to go on in the steps already taken. Their advice was, "Stick to it, you are in the right, and you must remember that you are fighting not for this year only, but also for the future interests of Harvard...
Boxer was a sly fellow. He had always managed to get ahead of me thus far. I was bound to pay him up sometime for the many jokes he had had at my expense. One day I heard him say he was going cod-fishing next morning at three o'clock, off Mackerel Point. Now was my chance. I'd set out at two, get on the ground first, and catch all the fish before he was up. Then how I would grin at him when he came along an hour afterward! With what coolness I would hold...
...strike wildly and harder at a ball after applause, and are less sure of a safe hit. With a poor batsman it is somewhat disheartening to step up to the bat four or five times during a game amidst gloomy silence, when three or four men ahead of him have been loudly cheered. We hope that all will remember hereafter, and not be too hasty in expressing their likes and dislikes...
...lover's way, I haste. Ahead it turns...
With nothing ahead but the peace of the grave...