rite

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Besides, being broke and having to pinch pennies in college is a rite of passage, right?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

It is almost a rite of passage for a successful England team to first suffer a chastening Calcutta Cup loss at Murrayfield.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Waldfogel’s insight reframes Christmas in terms economists immediately recognize: not as a festival of generosity, but as a massive annual rite of mistargeted consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

It’s a rite of passage, a sort of welcoming into the family.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

But Latinus, locked in his palace, was not available for the sacred rite.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton