forefathers

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“It’s not what our forefathers would have wanted.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 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

"The house bears the footprints of my forefathers – the house to me is on hallowed ground."

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

Further back than our forefathers remember, and long before this land was named Ghana, a great river flowed from north to south, blessing those who lived along it with fish and crops.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo