forebears
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This generation of ETFs isn’t just more expensive and risky than its forebears.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Social media, however, and its cabal of influencers operate along many of the same lines as their reality TV forebears.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Community members sometimes take their children to Maitama, now one of Abuja's most expensive neighbourhoods, to show them where their forebears lived.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“Lido Shuffle” appears to have two musical forebears: Fats Domino’s shuffle rhythms and Jim Croce’s “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
This was a large red-gold Labrador retriever, a young dog with all the heritage of his sturdy working forebears in his powerful build, broad noble head and deep, blunt, gentle mouth.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
