ourselves

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We often catch ourselves saying, “Well, who am I to judge? I’d probably be doing just that.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

We are, in ways that feel like progress, slowly optimizing ourselves out of the loop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

We want to rig ourselves a structural advantage.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

What I would say is that so many of my songs are about the impact and the friction of relationships — how we come up against ourselves and discover ourselves, or don’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

With the knowledge that even if the future gets scary, we’ll be safe and okay and able to take care of ourselves, of each other?

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy