sacred cow
Example Sentences
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The conservative advocate who dismantled affirmative action is joining forces with a center-left Democrat and a Duke University economist to challenge another sacred cow in elite college admissions: preferential treatment for the offspring of alumni.
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.
From BBC
"There will be no sacred cows in this pursuit," Mwiimbu added.
From BBC
“This means that the formula ‘nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine — a sacred cow for Zelensky, the European Union and the previous U.S. administration — no longer exists.”
From Los Angeles Times
Honor the victims, not foreign policy sacred cows.
From Los Angeles Times
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