sacrifice
Example Sentences
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Shohei Ohtani plated a run on a force-out, Mookie Betts drove in Kim on a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Freddie Freeman bounced a double off the right-field wall to drive in Ohtani.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
JD has logistics credibility, but its push raises questions about how much profit it will sacrifice for relevance in local services.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
The fruit of that sacrifice was the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
While that was news to most people, including its host, everyone watching the merger of CBS’s parent company, Paramount Global, and David Ellison’s Skydance, must have assumed its completion would require some blood sacrifice.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
I weep to think of each mother who stitches a gold star on her service flag to signify her son's ultimate sacrifice.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Vocabulary lists containing sacrifice
Veterans Day Vocabulary
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