forebears
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The story has elements similar to popular summer blockbusters, but they’re so finely remixed and retooled that they don’t bear such exhausting resemblance to their forebears.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
He told Ugen he was "married to the movement" and his forebears had fought against China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The family’s roots sprang from enslaved forebears, including Willie Rosenthal, whose dozen children and grandchildren rose from the Central Louisiana bayous to attain social and professional prominence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
With this new project we can learn a great deal about our early prehistoric forebears, about how they lived and what their worlds looked like.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
This was a large red-gold Labrador retriever, a young dog with all the heritage of his sturdy working forebears in his powerful build, broad noble head and deep, blunt, gentle mouth.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
