ourselves

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“So rather than trying to recreate that ourselves, it made a lot of sense to bring them in, support what they’re doing and help them scale,” she added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Yet somewhere along the way, large pieces of ourselves went missing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“It was either ‘give us stats we can use to make ourselves look good’ or ‘give us the stats to show how bad things are in this area,’” Gordon said.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

“The times that were hard for me were things that she wrote about that I felt we should have worked out ourselves first. They were still raw.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“We’ll have food for you and your mother, for Anna, and Patch, and we’ll hold ourselves over until we plant again, or until my da comes back.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff