sacred
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If I give you access to something sacred to me, what will you do with that?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“They feel they have a sacred obligation to manage their forest, not for commercial logging per se. So I think it’s really a meeting of science and the sacred.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Portraits of several Indian pilgrims -- Hindu devotees on a spiritual journey to Tibet's sacred Mount Kailash -- and an American tourist are also displayed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Mount Kailash is also sacred to Buddhists, Jains and followers of Bon, a pre-Buddhist religion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Hold those images in your mind and repeat this sacred prayer after me. ‘
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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Code Talker
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