sacrifice
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This is a remix of the lecture supposedly spoiled millennials, who refused to sacrifice every small pleasure on the altar of homeownership, heard for years about $7 lattes.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
“And they’re losing that legitimacy now as they scale up and sacrifice the customer along the way.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Other approaches that prioritize activity may sacrifice long-term stability.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
As he visualized Obi-Wan’s sacrifice and the Mos Eisley cantina, he drew associations between sounds and environments that have informed his creative choices ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Phillipe says: “You can’t do this. I won’t let you sacrifice your future for me.”
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
Coaching at this level was about making sacrifices for the love of the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
At an estate nestled in New York’s Hudson Valley, a group of high achievers gathered to talk about the sacrifices and disappointments that can come with success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
For decades, their families could look back at their sacrifices in sorrow but also in pride at how their lives had forged a true American democracy.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
"They are not even sacrifices; they are choices," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
“What can happen to a people whose youth sacrifices everything in order to serve its great ideals?” he asked them.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The findings also overturn a long-held idea about the people sacrificed near Shimao's East Gate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The author’s final portrait of an entertainment industry sacrificed on the altar of streaming services and superhero franchises isn’t, after all, the end of the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
In 2024, he sacrificed the 500 ranking points he had won at the Washington Open the previous year to partner Sir Andy Murray for his final tournament at the Paris Olympics.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
“Who among them has given this much time and sacrificed a writing career for their people?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The Blood Banner was a flag that was supposedly dipped in the blood of Herbert Norkus and other martyrs who had sacrificed their lives for the Nazi Party.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Micron’s wide portfolio, from high-bandwidth memory to storage, has also given it “the luxury of growth without sacrificing profitability,” Weathers added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
With those adjustments, the team successfully produced cemented carbide through AM without sacrificing its hardness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Backus and Enquist set the foundation for what softball is today, paving the way for new opportunities by sacrificing for the greater good of softball’s future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
In their quest to “optimize” everything with AI, she worries they’re sacrificing what made the unscripted moments so meaningful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
If she could give more to her children by sacrificing her own comforts, she did it.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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