rite of passage

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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

Here, burgeoning manhood was guided and celebrated through a rite of passage.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore