reflexive
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"There are some people whose reflexive reaction to any kind of major event is to claim it's fake and staged, no matter what it is," Rothschild told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
It is an unusually nuanced take on a subject that too often generates reflexive fulminating or fawning, and a truly auspicious start to the New Museum’s new chapter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
For the hedge knight who inspired Baelor’s intervention, the motives are more reflexive.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
Amit Agarwal, Slaughter’s lawyer, struggled to break through their impenetrable certitude, facing reflexive hostility at every turn.
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025
In the mornings she teaches arithmetic to his younger pupils, and afterward spends many hours at his bright-white shirtsleeve conjugating the self-same reflexive verbs—I’homme se noie—which a year ago she declared pointless.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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