1.   I felt I was being dressed for ritual sacrifice and looked for bloodstains on the gloves.

2.   Studying economics was more a ritual sacrifice.

3.   The livestock being killed are a ritual sacrifice to the gods of global Markets.

4.   When it is made the object of ritual sacrifice, its extraordinary power is made part of an orderly ritual.

5.   I was beginning to feel like a ritual sacrifice.

6.   Now, a tale of mysterious goings-on in the Bronze Age.New evidence uncovered at an archaeological dig suggests it may have been the site of ritual human sacrifices.

7.   Authorities later linked the killings to a cult of drug traffickers who believed that ritual sacrifices would protect them from discovery.

8.   A small portion of the poultry business, market owners said, are customers who buy birds live and use them in ritual sacrifice ceremonies.

9.   Gold, silver and shell statues, from two to seven inches tall, were arranged on the burial platform just as they probably were for the ritual sacrifices.