Back
Back adjective - Being at or in the part of something opposite the front part.
Usage example: she carried all the presents in the back door, as the children were playing in the front yard
Fore
Fore adjective - Situated at or toward the bow of a vessel.
Both words in one sentence
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To recap, he's an actor who got fired because of issues with addiction, then came back into the fore of media attention after accepting an offer to do with Iron Man... not unlike Robert Downey, Jr.
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I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin' Three Chords and the Truth: All the songs are acoustic, but the lyrics are powerful.
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Scythe-arms in Chronicles of the Kencyrath by PC Hodgell are blade pairs attached to the fore-arm, with the longer blade jutting forward and the other back.
Source: Blade Below the Shoulder
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