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 a status symbol, rite of passage and phantom limb wrapped into one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
The "ice facial" has become a social media rite of passage and is half beauty hack, half endurance challenge.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 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
Prof Nemur skratchd his head and rubbd his nose with his thum and said mabye your rite.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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