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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Has Fraser met a sacred cow she wouldn’t skewer?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
To them, it looked like Worcester had hitched his cart to a sacred cow - the nation’s veterans.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
To them, it looked like Worcester had hitched his cart to a sacred cow — the nation’s veterans.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
I didn’t know what sacred cow I had bumped, but it was better to find out than to hang like a thread over an open fire.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
