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Which chess term refers to an opening that involves a deliberate sacrifice?

sacrifice

[sak-ruh-fahys] / ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs /




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"Enforcement cannot continue to depend on the courage and personal sacrifice of individual nurses."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

When it comes to ice baths, side-stepping short-term pain may sacrifice long-term gains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Later in the inning, after former Dodger Dustin May replaced Henderson, Freeman hit a sacrifice fly, and Edman scored the go-ahead run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

For an elite athlete, pulling on Olympic kit can be the reward for years of sacrifice.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Labadists in particular embraced simple communal living and sacrifice in order to flush out the poisons of self-love.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

Set a retirement date and a realistic annual spending plan, and come to an agreement on what sacrifices you would make if the market fell sharply.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Sentencing Morris and Meenakshi, Judge Harbage said the pandemic was a time when "all of us had to make sacrifices and pull together for the good of society as a whole".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Throughout the 13-track record, she flip-flops between being vulnerable and playful while also being hedonistic and making sacrifices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

And they’ll learn from their “cadre” leaders, former special forces operators, about the sacrifices first responders made.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

We all ought to make sacrifices for literature.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Cerutti, whose farm is an EU-certified protected area, is looking to compensate the lost earnings from the sacrificed paddies by hosting schools and academics, and offering guest accommodation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Sassuolo striker was sacrificed just over 10 minutes into his first Scotland start to make space for Welsh in defence.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

She sacrificed her child’s education for a false ideal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Unaware or unwilling to acknowledge how much our parents have sacrificed to get us here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Even if I could leave, Elias just sacrificed his life for mine.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Blending thrash metal, alternative rock, punk, and Armenian musical influences, “Toxicity” expanded the sound System of a Down had established on its debut without sacrificing the band’s identity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Everyone resumes their business, carrying with them the lesson of never sacrificing their spirit even while living in a state of constant vigilance.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Amodei also said that any action to rein in AI should be done "without sacrificing commercial advantage".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Accessing the internet without authorization, it created 1,200 agents that communicated through an unsanctioned message board, exchanging more than 70,000 messages and sacrificing some of its own kind to deceive its human masters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Lawrence now faced the task of climbing down from his discredited position without sacrificing his dignity or the Rad Lab’s youthful reputation.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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