ancestral
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Smoove will pop up at some point to rehash Leon and Larry’s dynamic in, shall we say, an ancestral context.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026
"Please help us avoid losing our homes, our land, our ancestral graves."
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
The ongoing work includes financial literacy courses, small business grants, infrastructure projects, and the agonising process of locating ancestral graves.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Rothschild’s spiritual beliefs, coupled with the desperate state of global Jewry, led him to pour his time and resources into Palestine, the ancestral home of his people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Once more Edward Ashton lifted his eyes to the ancestral portraits.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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