selflessness
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He preaches selfishness instead of selflessness, avarice instead of charity and going after the least of us instead of raising them up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Throughout his interview with BBC Sport afterwards, Tuchel repeatedly referenced leadership, unity and selflessness.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
What modern historians know is that selflessness didn’t come effortlessly to Washington.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026
Mixing American history with wild fabulation, and parental grief with Buddhist spirituality, the book’s weirdness and originality helped smuggle through its schmaltzy moralizing about selflessness and empathy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
I have never seen him think of himself, never heard him insist on anything but selflessness.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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