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The old government program has become a sacred cow.
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This sacred cow might not be such a blessing after all.
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Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Then again, there are no sacred cows in the Padres’ farm system.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
At 34 years old, Stockman's youthful assurance and irreverence for sacred cows of all kinds soon upset many of his former colleagues on the Hill.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
Canadian multiculturalism is a sacred cow – Mr. Poilievre’s wife, Anaida Poilievre, was born in Venezuela – and marks key electoral battlegrounds.
—Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
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Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Then again, there are no sacred cows in the Padres’ farm system.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
At 34 years old, Stockman's youthful assurance and irreverence for sacred cows of all kinds soon upset many of his former colleagues on the Hill.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
Canadian multiculturalism is a sacred cow – Mr. Poilievre’s wife, Anaida Poilievre, was born in Venezuela – and marks key electoral battlegrounds.
—Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sacred cow
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“Sacred cow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacred%20cow. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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