forebears
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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
The state was home to some of the forebears of Hindu nationalism, including the first president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the BJP.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Suddenly, it was over, and the U.S. men joined their golden forebears from Lake Placid and Squaw Valley 1960.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Just as his own immigrant forebears assimilated and their children were average, upwardly mobile, all-American citizens, so too are the more recent immigrants.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025
Lord Godric’s forebears had been pirate kings until the Starks came down on them with fire and sword.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
