sacred
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Discarding all of those sacred texts “was heartbreaking,” he recalled.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Reacting to a narrow defeat for a much-changed team as if a sacred contract written in the manager's blood had been broken was wild.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
These sites are not graveyards, built for sacred rest.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
After sacred painting lost its cachet, he became one of the most acclaimed portraitists in all of Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
At last the Greeks learned that there was a most sacred image of Pallas Athena in the city, called the Palladium, and that as long as the Trojans had it Troy could not be taken.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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