sacrifice
Example Sentences
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A passed ball put runners on second and third and Miles Clark delivers the sacrifice fly.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
McCullough Jnr said: "We didn't understand, even then, the trauma and the hurt that they went through and what they had to sacrifice when they not only served... but when they came home."
From BBC • May 29, 2026
“There was no sacrifice or commitment made for it. It just doesn’t work that way; it’s never worked that way, in the history of the world, and it doesn’t matter what generation somebody’s in.”
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
The award "acknowledges the sacrifice and endurance of local Palestinian media professionals living and working in a war zone," said WAN-IFRA, which holds its 2026 World News Media Congress from Monday to Wednesday.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
There they would pray and sacrifice, and after that go to sleep.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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