sacrosanct
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Some commenters rushed to Ware’s defense, airing their own frustrations and experiences with people who violate an unwritten but sacrosanct rule among serious filmgoers: Phones need to be silenced and stay off during a movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Two years ago, the bosses canceled a sacrosanct German jobs guarantee and argued that Volkswagen needed to take the unprecedented step of closing a German factory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Beyond the garish aesthetic and how it changes a sacrosanct American site is that the paint job was unnecessary.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
Bidding to succeed his former mentor in 1995, Jospin shocked many Socialists by claiming a "right of inventory" over Mitterrand's legacy -- a right to reassess a record that loyalists deemed sacrosanct.
From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026
He answered in a whisper too, as if his writing had become something hallowed and had made the room itself sacrosanct.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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