sacred
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The sacred silence of formal dining rooms is being drowned out by bowling alleys and frozen-margarita machines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
On “Heal My Faith,” the rapper who first gained mainstream attention by lighting the pop chart’s sacred cows afire wonders why we can’t all just get along.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
"I have always felt something sacred here at this park," the 36-year-old told AFP recently, after burning incense near a memorial plaque.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
In Hindu tradition, when a body cannot be recovered, a symbolic effigy is made from sacred "kusha" grass to represent the dead, allowing relatives to perform last rites.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Apollo enveloped him in a cloud and carried him to sacred Pergamos, the holy place of Troy, where Artemis healed him of his wound.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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