as in sacrificing
to give up as an offering to a god
a ceremony in which they immolated their cherished possessions so that the gods would send rain
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By sacrificing her long meals and talking over the growing pains with staffers over weekly lunches.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026 -
For some cross-border students living in Tijuana, the daily commute to school means sacrificing hours of sleep to wait in line at the often unpredictable border crossing to make it to class in San Diego on time.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The family of missing Oakland resident Amy Hillyard is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to her safe return home.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Whereas insurance coverage on the average passenger car might be as low as fifteen thousand dollars per bodily injury, tractor-trailers often carry policies worth at least a million dollars, offering the prospect of a much bigger payout.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Immolating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immolating. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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