forefathers

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He was following in the damp footsteps of his forefathers, who started picking wild moss more than 70 years ago.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

"The streets were so crowded that, as our forefathers said, you could hardly move."

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

“For nearly 250 years, Mary has played a distinct role in our great American story,” Trump declared, offering a brief Catholic history of the United States that would’ve made this country’s Puritan forefathers retch.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

And in all those forefathers and fore- mothers, aunts, uncles, and cousins, there was nobody like me.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman