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The legend behind the festival tells the story of King Mahabali and his selflessness and devotion to the Hindu god Vishnu.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Betts credited the team’s selflessness, how players sacrificed for one another, for the good of the team.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
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In a small act of unselfishness, Celebrini then passed the puck to Collin Graf, only to have the Sharks winger send it right back to the still-teenaged wunderkind, who quickly fired the puck into the open net with a defender bearing down on him for his second goal of the game.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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There should be no unselfishness.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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His is a work of coming to terms with the odds, surviving them, and doing so with grace, radiance, generosity, and spirit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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He was touched and impressed, assuming that would be the weight of her generosity.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2026
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The company accepted charitable grants, including thirty million dollars from what was then called Open Philanthropy, a hub of the effective-altruism movement whose commitments included supporting the distribution of mosquito nets to the global poor.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman contends that our modern sense of altruism can be traced back to the radical shift in ethical thinking sparked by Jesus' teachings.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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In addition to Kopitar’s complete game, another likely Hall of Fame center, John Tavares of the Toronto Maple Leafs, said Kopitar’s intangibles, grace and magnanimity were also distinctive traits.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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For Liu to resuscitate figure skating as a mature, 20-year-old woman with magnanimity for her competitors is a remarkable feat—a single athlete transforming her sport in a single performance.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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