forefathers

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Although their forefathers were seized from West and Central Africa centuries ago, the bond between African-Americans and their ancestral home has been a lasting one.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 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

My family, the Lekuton family, always goes first because it is huge and because many of my forefathers were leaders.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola