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Recent Examples of self-flagellating
At times, Carol’s admirable rebelliousness seems to come at the cost of self-flagellating destruction, a badge of honor to be miserable.
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-flagellating
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Although it's become controversial in recent years, the reality is that surrogacy can be an intimate, collaborative, and often altruistic process—but those characteristics of the process rarely make it into public conversations.—
Kris Ann Valdez,
Parents,
13 Feb. 2026
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The alternative to appreciating the fact that one of the most listened-to artists on the planet is also a breathtaking showman with an altruistic heart is pretending that Kid Rock had the more impactful evening.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2026
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In her first campaign for City Council in 2020, Raman ran on a promise to address the city’s homelessness crisis in a humanitarian way, by moving unhoused residents into temporary and permanent housing.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The emails revealed no criminal behavior on Wasserman’s part but did reveal suggestive communications between him and Maxwell following a humanitarian trip Wasserman and his wife took with Epstein to Africa over 20 years ago.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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This program would create a voluntary, philanthropic pathway to fund park infrastructure and maintenance without charging people to park.—
Shane Harris,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Archewell Foundation formally launched in late 2020, establishing the philanthropic pillar of their new life outside the royal fold.—
Erin Hill,
PEOPLE,
19 Dec. 2025
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Speaking of an open dialogue, back in 2014, D was magnanimous when KISS finally got their turn after 15 years of Rock Hall eligibility.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
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To Cardinal Dolan, thank you for your magnanimous leadership here for 17 years.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The North’s decisions about prisoner exchanges were based on military calculations, not benevolent concern for Black captives.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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We are mostly meant to feel the movie, to allow our souls to be prodded and hugged tightly by this benevolent picture’s generous assessment of the most dangerous animal to ever exist on the planet.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
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There’s the self-sacrificing Texas teenager who’s helping her mom make ends meet by cashing out her own college fund.—
Jason Linkins,
The New Republic,
25 Feb. 2023
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But Oppenheimer sees the act as fundamentally selfless—Lucy has the tape back and could walk away, but seeing Diana cry makes that impossible.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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Having that selfless mindset, being able to create for others, has been crucial for us on this run.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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The tension between the self-denying demands of being a Kennedy wife and Carolyn’s assured self-determination sets the framework for this love story.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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The thriving wineries of modern-day Australia would no doubt astonish those Lutheran pioneers, not to mention the self-denying John Muir — although they surely would be fascinated by how botany has been modernized and commercialized.—
Tony Perrottet,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2024
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“Self-flagellating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-flagellating. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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