foremost
/ˈfɔː.məʊst/ adverb C2- In front, prominently forward.
- First in time.
- Most importantly.
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Any attempt at recovering the bodies was absolutely hopeless, and there, deep down in that dreadful caldron of swirling water and seething foam, will lie for all time the most dangerous criminal and the foremost champion of the law of their generation.
First and foremost, it was a hardworking fishing boat operating in the North Atlantic.
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