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ourselves

[ahr-selvz, auuhr-, au-er-] / ɑrˈsɛlvz, aʊər-, ˌaʊ ər- /


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And he fundamentally gets the peril we’ve put ourselves in by entrusting Zuckerberg, who is, at minimum, an ethically askew man.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

But instead of concerning ourselves with measuring our cortisol, she advised thinking instead of what might affect it, and making adjustments there.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

It gives permission to mourn, to absorb the lessons of sharp grief, and to find ways to redefine ourselves and redeem the moment of loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Unscrupulous financial planners want us to believe we can’t, by ourselves, secure our financial security for retirement — and therefore we need them to do it for us.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Obviously, those future versions of ourselves had known that we were going to end up in the stupid partner program, so why hadn’t they just told us what was coming?

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin



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