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Signs of the economy’s strength are evident in robust spending on dining out and traveling — the sort of discretionary purchases that Americans tend to sacrifice when times are tough.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

"Dear fathers and grandfathers... treat your wives with respect, ask for forgiveness and live with integrity, even when doing so requires sacrifice," the head of the Catholic Church said during a homily in Uruguay.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

In the end, their sacrifice may have been the only thing that prevented a wipeout of the whole delegation.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2026

In a Times profile on Skipp Townsend, Bennett, a onetime Rollin’ 60s member, said: “He is a Blood. He’s going into Crip neighborhood. There’s no more bigger sacrifice than that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

I told them that one life was bad enough to lose, and that if they delayed they would sacrifice Miss Lucy.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"In this princely tomb, the burials were accompanied by extensive horse sacrifices and, most likely, human sacrifices as well," says Gino Caspari.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Unlike her opponent, Roy grew up comfortably in Monrovia, largely shielded from the sacrifices her family made to afford her an elite education.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

These sacrifices are real, but they pale in comparison to those endured during World War II.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sentencing Morris and Meenakshi, Judge Harbage said the pandemic was a time when "all of us had to make sacrifices and pull together for the good of society as a whole".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

This writing project feels like the right thing to do, and it will be worth making some personal sacrifices.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

The bigger challenge is what civilian spending must be sacrificed to pay for it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

For Boulouque, "young people are acutely conscious of the weight of the debt and environmental problems" left by previous generations and have "the feeling of being sacrificed" as a result.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Those benefits should be weighed alongside the value of the unpaid care she is providing and the career opportunities she says she has sacrificed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Sassuolo striker was sacrificed just over 10 minutes into his first Scotland start to make space for Welsh in defence.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

My dad got blown up in Afghanistan, and Ma and everybody we knew and plenty of people we didn’t know but knew his name, all reminded me—he sacrificed for all of us.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

Whether Xi Jinping is ultimately comfortable with sacrificing the long-run health of China’s economy for the current path of technology advancement and export dominance is a question Mr. Wright leaves underexplored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

A single mum has said following government advice to stock up on emergency supplies would mean sacrificing her childcare budget for the school holidays.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

MarketWatch columnist Aditi Shrikant explains how a tighter budget, automatic payments and unexpected cash windfalls can shrink your balance without sacrificing your financial safety net.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Crucially, the microscope achieves this resolution without sacrificing imaging speed or requiring intense laser illumination.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

“The TV’s the altar. I’m what people are sacrificing to.”

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman