sacrificed
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Koizumi left the shrine without responding to reporters' questions, but he later said on Instagram that he visited to "offer his sincere condolences to the heroic spirits who sacrificed their precious lives for the nation."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The findings also overturn a long-held idea about the people sacrificed near Shimao's East Gate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Short-term profit is happily sacrificed to long-term domination,” Schamus said.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
They saw messages from the divine in thunder and lightning, bird flight and the entrails of sacrificed animals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Dorothy’s friends and former Moton colleagues watched helplessly as their children’s futures were sacrificed in the battle over the future of Virginia’s public schools.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
