ancestors
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The Naga will then accompany the remains of their ancestors home, with some returning for the first time in more than a century.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
I do not have faith in gods the way my ancestors had faith in Zeus.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Our cats’ ancestors were already meowing when they began living alongside humans,” Schwartz says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Our Western and Christian ancestors aimed to create a society in which people could flourish and pursue virtue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Nervously, she told him about the dead Portuguese and the panga she thought he had given her, about the puff adder that had come from the ancestors, and about Long Teats.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
