forefathers
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In 2000, their forefathers Conjunto Primavera previously told The Times that they make music for working-class audiences: “Wealthy people don’t like what we do.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
I’m not being gay enough to honor my forefathers, foremothers and forepeople.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 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
Vespucci helpfully explained that he was writing about the finding of a new world ‘of which our forefathers made absolutely no mention’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
