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sacrilege

[sak-ruh-lij] / ˈsæk rə lɪdʒ /


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As if that weren’t sacrilege enough, the authors offer a series of additionally shocking revelations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

His meticulously assembled forest of skulls, femurs, tibiae, and fibulae isn’t sacrilege; it’s a memorial.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

The lorry motors on, the party continues and a sacrilege is committed.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023

And while it may be sacrilege to call Isabella Rossellini and Hope Davis superfluous, as an anthropology professor and a flamboyant mother, respectively, they are.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

With that stroke the void moved from sacrilege to holiness.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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