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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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None of David's forefathers died in World War I.
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Two hundred years ago our forefathers established a new nation.
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We seem to have less of a work ethic than did our forefathers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As Mr Torode points out, our liberal forefathers insisted on the importance of testing faiths by submitting them to discussion.
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Freud observed that people tend to puff up the status of their forefathers.
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He shudders still with the memory of the loss of his forefathers upon its scorching deserts and forbidding mountain-tops.
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In this sense farmers today are in danger of reaping the whirlwind sown by their forefathers.
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Our printing forefathers were notoriously careless about their pagination.
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She heard his cry, perhaps the battle cry of his northern forefathers when they prepared to attack.
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The national anthem continues to glorify the same native land of brave forefathers and heroic exploits.