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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.

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"There will be no sacred cows in this pursuit," Mwiimbu added.

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“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.”

Honor the victims, not foreign policy sacred cows.

Greenfield called Jackson an “iconoclast,” and this contrarian spirit is integral to an artist who is dubious of sacred cows.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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