sacrifice
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That also means confronting one of the industry’s most persistent assumptions: that a successful chef must sacrifice everything else to the job.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
It takes no small amount of discipline and sacrifice to save for retirement, and to live within your means in order to do that.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
It turns out she was willing to sacrifice something in pursuit of this ideal: her daughter’s education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Machado then made it a 4-1 game with a sacrifice fly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
She was staring at the biggest sacrifice of all.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
It’s tempting to extrapolate our successes or sacrifices and say, “I did it. Why can’t you?”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
And they’ll learn from their “cadre” leaders, former special forces operators, about the sacrifices first responders made.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Part photo album, part teen bedroom, part house party, part altar and part art gallery, “East of the River” never sacrifices style to content.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Nat and Nik say they would have paid anything to have a family, but that the total £23,000 bill means that they did have to make "sacrifices".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
As my parents had once done for me, they'd made sacrifices so that she could be exposed to things outside her neighborhood.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
He also paid tribute to the emergency service workers' "bravery and spirit", saying many of them "sacrificed their entire futures to try and help those around them".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
They ran to the fire, saved thousands, and sacrificed their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“We sacrificed vacations, but in the end, we have a home that’s ours.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Three men sacrificed their lives to protect dozens of schoolchildren during an attempted mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
“My gratitude is to you,” Tío Pepe bowed, “and to your children, who sacrificed a husband and a father to liberate our country.”
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
Everyone resumes their business, carrying with them the lesson of never sacrificing their spirit even while living in a state of constant vigilance.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Amodei also said that any action to rein in AI should be done "without sacrificing commercial advantage".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
All villains and warriors have an Achilles’ heel, and for female roles in particular, it’s usually sacrificing themselves to protect their family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
And passengers on United Flight 93 fought back and forced the plane they were on to crash in a field in the middle of Pennsylvania, sacrificing themselves in the hopes of saving others.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
"All your talk about chess and sacrificing queens. Crow's the one who's been sacrificed."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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