forebears
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The state was home to some of the forebears of Hindu nationalism, including the first president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the BJP.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
She also started incorporating images of other inspiring women, including her maternal forebears and the Cuban American sculptor Ana Mendieta.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
Just as his own immigrant forebears assimilated and their children were average, upwardly mobile, all-American citizens, so too are the more recent immigrants.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025
Members of the Nama ethnic group—whose forebears were ousted from their land by German colonial authorities 120 years ago—in June filed a complaint with the United Nations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
One of her royal forebears had said that, once.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
