forefathers

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“It’s not what our forefathers would have wanted.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 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

“What is he?” murmurs one grey shadow of my forefathers to the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

"My father and forefathers collected wood from the jungle," said Mohammad Abu Taleb, 47.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

I was back in the land of my forefathers, Georgia.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin