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Introducing, as a forerunner.

ushering

ushering ‎(plural usherings)

An act of guiding or escorting.
- 2010, Catherine Ann Sabatino, Voices in the Midst (page 203)
  Everyone had betrayed, hurt and abandoned her far beyond comprehension or acceptability. The only thing that got her attention were those usherings at her shoulders and they were telling her to run.