hara-kiri

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"We cannot commit hara-kiri with the hope of hurting Russia"

From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2022

Campaign strategists largely regard unprompted confessionals as a pointless form of political hara-kiri.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2018

Some said it could have been "a little bit of professional hara-kiri," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2013

But Mr. Granet insists that he is there ton prevent the kind of brand hara-kiri suffered by Rachel Ashwell, the creator of Shabby Chic, a popular line that includes overstuffed sofas.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2011

So Takumi no Kami performed hara-kiri, his castle of Akô was confiscated, and his retainers having become Rônins, some of them took service with other daimios, and others became merchants.

From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron