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The old government program has become a sacred cow.
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Effectively, the rule appears to spell the end of exclusively single-family zoning — long a sacred cow in suburban Miami and the rest of the country — across unincorporated Miami-Dade.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
This is the sacred cow that is being fitted out for the slaughterhouse.
—George Calhoun, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Charismatic male mentors are a cinematic sacred cow, and there is a banality in hearing Isseks’s former underlings pile unconditional praise on him.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
Head Start has been something of a sacred cow in Washington since its creation in 1965.
—The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
This is the sacred cow that is being fitted out for the slaughterhouse.
—George Calhoun, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Charismatic male mentors are a cinematic sacred cow, and there is a banality in hearing Isseks’s former underlings pile unconditional praise on him.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
Head Start has been something of a sacred cow in Washington since its creation in 1965.
—The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Sacred cow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacred%20cow. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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