forefathers
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I’m not being gay enough to honor my forefathers, foremothers and forepeople.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
“It’s not what our forefathers would have wanted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
He was following in the damp footsteps of his forefathers, who started picking wild moss more than 70 years ago.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
“What is he?” murmurs one grey shadow of my forefathers to the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
I wished I could say that like the House of Atreus or Cadmus we were suffering for the sins of our forefathers, or fulfilling an ancient Greek oracle.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
