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self-sacrifice

[self-sak-ruh-fahys, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈsæk rəˌfaɪs, ˈsɛlf- /






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Cronenberg has things he wants to say: about art, about pain, about self sacrifice, about evolution, about creativity, about ethics, about sex and about beauty.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022

Speakers described a Buddhist tradition of self-immolation as self sacrifice.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022

Lily and James may be the most vigilant characters when it comes to self sacrifice throughout the Potter books.

From Time • Jul. 30, 2015

"Two millennia ago Jesus walked the Via Dolorosa to his death but it is a story that has, within those steps, contemporary themes of love, of loss, of self sacrifice," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2014

It is through untiring work and self sacrifice that those who are so interested in this work have been able to work as a mass unit.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 by Northern Nut Growers Association




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