precious
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Koizumi left the shrine without responding to reporters' questions, but he later said on Instagram that he visited to "offer his sincere condolences to the heroic spirits who sacrificed their precious lives for the nation."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
It wasn’t something that you seemed precious or uptight about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"They are a precious resource and it's not just chalk streams, it's every other kind of river."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The data weighed on monetary policy expectations, with markets now anticipating no change to interest rates from the Federal Reserve at its next meeting, boosting the precious metal, the strategist says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Samuel couldn’t let Nate actually shoot—gunpowder was too precious to waste on an eleven-year-old.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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