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ourselves

[ahr-selvz, ouuhr-, ou-er-] / ɑrˈsɛlvz, aʊər-, ˌaʊ ər- /


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The last adviser we worked with lost a significant portion of our portfolio during the 2008-09 financial crisis, so we’ve been managing our investments ourselves ever since.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

"We can't go up there ourselves, so we help however we can," said the 41-year-old.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

We can’t live our lives to the extreme all the time, but we can do ourselves a favor and become better acquainted with exactly what we want and how to get it.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

How we adorn ourselves is extremely personal, even a little superstitious.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

To reach it we had to stand on the bottom level, haul ourselves up, and then crawl across three other straw-covered platforms to reach the one that we would share with—how many?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom



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