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ourselves

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


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And “it’s getting us internally to think of ourselves as credible in fashion,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Those particles later became the components of atomic nuclei and, ultimately, the ordinary matter found in stars, planets and ourselves.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

"Tearing our hair out and burying ourselves in the ground -- that's not our way. We are optimists," Vadym, who declined to give his surname, told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

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

In the end we managed to find ourselves a little apartment nearby.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo



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