forefathers
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His son Ivan said moving ahead with the mine honors agreements made by their forefathers who fought to secure mineral rights here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
I’m not being gay enough to honor my forefathers, foremothers and forepeople.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
"This younger generation of policy makers are much more transactional than their forefathers, there is greater competition for Saudi investment in the UK," he explained.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 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
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