self-immolation
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The closest parallel — absent that above-referenced self-immolation — was in 1998.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
All this comes on the heels of some questionable behavior and ill-advised alliances, among them: the divorce from Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson, hanging around with Jeffrey Epstein, and the self-immolation by TV interview in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
His death, captured in an iconic photo by American photographer Malcolm Browne, drew global attention to Vietnam — and to political self-immolation.
From Salon ● May 4, 2024
At the site of his self-immolation, her comments resonated with the visiting Chinese: “The predicament of a country can only be resolved by the people of that country themselves.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
I had no idea of any such absurd self-immolation.
From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
