sacrilege
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His meticulously assembled forest of skulls, femurs, tibiae, and fibulae isn’t sacrilege; it’s a memorial.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
That claim might seem like sacrilege to generations of basketball fans who watched golden eras of the NBA from Wilt/Russell to LeBron/Curry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
In a post on X, Shapps said "renaming HMS Agincourt is nothing short of sacrilege".
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025
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
His servants shrank from the sacrilege when he ordered them to fell it; whereupon he seized an ax himself and attacked the mighty trunk around which the dryads used to hold their dances.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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