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
I’m not being gay enough to honor my forefathers, foremothers and forepeople.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
"This younger generation of policy makers are much more transactional than their forefathers, there is greater competition for Saudi investment in the UK," he explained.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
"The streets were so crowded that, as our forefathers said, you could hardly move."
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
In him and men like him is what was in our forefathers when they first came to these strange shores hundreds of years ago.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
