forbearers

Imagine then his dismay at an inaugural address that suffered from “moth-eaten metaphors,” “faux-antique dialect,” and jarring semantic errors like Obama’s use of the word forbearers when he meant forebears.

Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

Imagine then his dismay at an inaugural address that suffered from “moth-eaten metaphors,” “faux-antique dialect,” and jarring semantic errors like Obama’s use of the word forbearers when he meant forebears.

Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

The league said it had never engaged in any criminal activity because it was aware that this would undermine the freedom its "forbearers" had fought for with their lives.

News24 Top Stories 2010

Look back at the "forbearers" sentence, and see the sting in its tail: "true to our founding documents".

Culture | guardian.co.uk 2009

These leaders will take care of the Constitution, understanding that they are only custodians of an ideal—stewards with a debt to their forbearers and a duty to their heirs.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

These leaders will take care of the Constitution, understanding that they are only custodians of an ideal—stewards with a debt to their forbearers and a duty to their heirs.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

These leaders will take care of the Constitution, understanding that they are only custodians of an ideal—stewards with a debt to their forbearers and a duty to their heirs.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

Am I willing like my forbearers, like the people of Thailand, to lay my life, fortune, and sacred honor on the line for freedom?

Rev. Chuck Freeman: Does America Still Have The Moral Courage Of 1776? Rev. Chuck Freeman 2011

Of course I am mostly English myself, by ancestry, so I can testify as to the legendary ferocity of my forbearers.

Scouts Ban Knives in Great Britain 2009

Of course I am mostly English myself, by ancestry, so I can testify as to the legendary ferocity of my forbearers.

Scouts Ban Knives in Great Britain 2009