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sacrilege

[sak-ruh-lij] / ˈsæk rə lɪdʒ /


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He was a diminutive guitar deity who could only have descended in America, but calling him something so plain and mortal as “American” still feels close to sacrilege.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

I can imagine my mom’s freak-out if she’d witnessed this sacrilege, so I quickly wash off in the sink and sweep up any remaining eggshell and dump it into the sink.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed




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