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Assassinations and violent deaths, in particular, tend to be interpreted in sacred terms: The person becomes a secular martyr who made a heroic sacrifice.

"Cemeteries are sacred spaces reserved only for burials and remembrance of the deceased," it said.

The home should instead be a “sacred landing place, away from the worries of the world.”

Money is not taboo, but neither is it sacred: it is a tool for autonomy.

And in the Philippines, an independent commission has been set up to investigate the possible misuse of flood prevention funds, with President Marcos promising there would be "no sacred cows" in the hunt.