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sacrilege

[sak-ruh-lij] / ˈsæk rə lɪdʒ /


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By the time he’d aired a colorized version of “Casablanca” on his channel, Turner set his sights on what many viewed as the ultimate sacrilege – pigmenting Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.”

From Salon May 8, 2026

In the minds of some retrograde dweebs, representing these baddies with a woman who could play Barbie was sacrilege.

From Salon May 5, 2026

As if that weren’t sacrilege enough, the authors offer a series of additionally shocking revelations.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

In a post on X, Shapps said "renaming HMS Agincourt is nothing short of sacrilege".

From BBC Jan. 27, 2025

His servants shrank from the sacrilege when he ordered them to fell it; whereupon he seized an ax himself and attacked the mighty trunk around which the dryads used to hold their dances.

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




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