forefathers
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His son Ivan said moving ahead with the mine honors agreements made by their forefathers who fought to secure mineral rights here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Foreign Tongues” pointedly concludes with Chuck Berry’s “Beautiful Delilah” as an homage of sorts to the forefathers who made the band’s existence possible in the first place.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
"But mining will make everything around us dirty. Our forefathers taught us to protect the forest; it is everything to us."
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
"Even the banana trees our forefathers planted are still there," Chief Pada said.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
In the late 1980s and early 1990s Salomon Brothers had entire years—great years!—in which five proprietary traders, the intellectual forefathers of Howie Hubler, generated more than the firm’s annual profits.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
