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sacrifice
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That’s sort of a betrayal in some ways, and it’s a sacrifice in other ways.
The sacrifice of her freedom—she spent 15 years under house arrest between 1989 and 2010—and the force of her personality made the 2011 power-sharing deal possible.
Leiva, a 33-year member of UFCW Local 770, said the celebration of essential workers should come with recognition of their sacrifice, which is unevenly felt across racial groups.
This team environment here — or just basketball in general — it takes sacrifice and compromise.
At the end of the game, which featured more sacrifices, Lubosh’s pawns just kept advancing until his opponent resigned.
The courage of this husband and father is a constant reminder of how much some sacrifice for exercising universal rights.
In fact, one the most sacred holiday for Muslims is the sacrifice of Abraham, known as Eid al-Adha.
They accepted the fact that their party would have to make deals and sacrifice priorities in 2015.
It was in Saint-Rémy where Van Gogh sends his brother word of how all his sacrifice may soon be for nothing in this life.
They sacrifice their shelter to contain the walkers—and Judith gets her first action scene!
Your sacrifice shall be the agony of agonies, the death of deaths, and yet you'll find yourself unable to resist.
I must aspire to the agitating transports of self-devotion, in scenes of sacrifice and peril!
I'd sacrifice myself willingly, if that would put things straight.
"And she would sacrifice Him and all his archangels to an epigram," thought Isabel, who was somewhat shocked.
She knew that the man's honor, his respect for his race and their struggle had brought him to commit the sacrifice.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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