forefathers
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“Foreign Tongues” pointedly concludes with Chuck Berry’s “Beautiful Delilah” as an homage of sorts to the forefathers who made the band’s existence possible in the first place.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
"But mining will make everything around us dirty. Our forefathers taught us to protect the forest; it is everything to us."
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 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
Further back than our forefathers remember, and long before this land was named Ghana, a great river flowed from north to south, blessing those who lived along it with fish and crops.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
