forefathers

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The home, she said, is more than 200 years old and built by her Spanish forefathers, with a tiled courtyard in the center and Moorish accents on the masonry.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 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

This country was built on the shoulders of our forefathers who were “banished” to the Americas.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2024

I pray to Shiva, and also to the god of my forefathers, and to Frida Kahlo, who is the guardian saint of wounded artists.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar