soul-searching

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The mass shooting has sparked national soul-searching about antisemitism and widespread anger over the failure to shield Jewish Australians from harm.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Artificial intelligence powerhouse Anthropic’s battle with the Pentagon has sparked some soul-searching in Silicon Valley that could reshape the tech sector’s complicated relationship with war and the White House.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Reading Bonfire led to reading business news and, after more soul-searching, before I knew it I was off to business school and the much-less-boring world of finance and entrepreneurship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Hellerstein’s friend and former law partner, Joel Cohen, said the judge wouldn’t have decided to stay on the case without his usual soul-searching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

King’s advisors argued and pleaded with him, but he was done soul-searching.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge