ourselves
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“It’s one of the biggest struggles of our lives right now, trying to make everyone happy but not lose ourselves in the process,” Buscema said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
There is a difference between burying your head in the sand and periodically reminding ourselves that the world can be beautiful and good.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
"We've got a vegetable garden. We grew everything we needed there. Everything ourselves, so we managed more or less. We shared with the neighbours," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
We had made one cross-country road trip years ago, traveling east to west, young newlyweds learning about ourselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
We won so many times we took ourselves out of the competition to give them young ones a chance.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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