sacred
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“Medicare and Social Security represent a sacred promise to America’s seniors, disabled individuals and working families who have paid into these programs throughout their lives,” Bilirakis said in a press statement.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
These protesters sacrificed their own safety to secure something deemed even more sacred: their right to vote.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
“Elon has always made investors money. He treats it like a sacred covenant,” Baker said this week on the “Invest Like The Best” podcast.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“Since the 1990s, America’s classrooms have turned Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks into sacred Civil Rights icons,” he says.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
A most sacred obligation was bound up with a most atrocious crime.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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