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sacrilege

[sak-ruh-lij] / ˈsæk rə lɪdʒ /


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By the time he’d aired a colorized version of “Casablanca” on his channel, Turner set his sights on what many viewed as the ultimate sacrilege – pigmenting Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.”

From Salon • May 8, 2026

That claim might seem like sacrilege to generations of basketball fans who watched golden eras of the NBA from Wilt/Russell to LeBron/Curry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

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

For a moment the khaki mob was silent, petrified, at the spectacle of this wanton sacrilege, with amazement and horror.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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