forefathers

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"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

"Even the banana trees our forefathers planted are still there," Chief Pada said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“It’s not what our forefathers would have wanted.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

“What is he?” murmurs one grey shadow of my forefathers to the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

In him and men like him is what was in our forefathers when they first came to these strange shores hundreds of years ago.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright