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To walk into Augusta National is to enter hallowed ground.The road here is quiet, overlooked by towering fir trees, with a peace that contributes to the sense that this is hallowed ground.Do they not know the hallowed ground on which they tread?
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You can refer to land as ground, especially when it has very few buildings or when it is considered to be special in some way.
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