self
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His comments, in his interview with me, followed by no fewer than two attempts to backtrack 24 hours later, amount to perhaps his biggest self inflicted tangle since he arrived in Downing Street in July.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The record, a gorgeous collection of songs about yearning — for love, self, art, everything — is meant to be shared in a small room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Either sister’s sense of self is fundamentally rooted in the other.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Our sense of self, he writes, arises “with the help of an estimated 86 billion neurons, or brain cells, making a hundred trillion different synaptic connections.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
She was her usual calm self, her spine as straight as a fence post and her gait regal like Queen Victoria.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
To paraphrase stylist Bailey Rose Quiñones, they’re ready to shed old selves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Many plants and basic organisms can sense things in their environments and change their behaviors accordingly, but this does not require them to have an awareness of their selves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
When they’re on screen, Panettiere and Trachtenberg shine through all the Disney conventions, their characters pointing back to their real selves.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
That connection to their younger selves is something they channel in their first stage appearance together at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, where Cumming is now artistic director.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Before this war is over, all men will have an opportunity to reveal their true selves.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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