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Recent Examples of self-inflicted
But cops later recovered surveillance video showing the gunshot wound was self-inflicted, a police source said.
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Hallie Helms, 22, died at the scene and an autopsy determined her gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
Instability and uncertainty are sometimes unavoidable, as in the case of a pandemic, but this time around, all of the uncertainty is deliberate and all of the economic pain is self-inflicted.
—Christian Weller, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
And the swirling rumors, the leaks and the embarrassments, are self-inflicted and preventable.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Hallie Helms, 22, died at the scene and an autopsy determined her gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
Instability and uncertainty are sometimes unavoidable, as in the case of a pandemic, but this time around, all of the uncertainty is deliberate and all of the economic pain is self-inflicted.
—Christian Weller, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
And the swirling rumors, the leaks and the embarrassments, are self-inflicted and preventable.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-inflicted
self-imposed
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As Senate Republican leadership tries to settle disputes and get everybody on board, there is a lack of consensus as to when a vote will even happen - and a fast-approaching and self-imposed July 4 deadline that suggests everyone could be working this weekend.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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Such is life in the era of luxury-tax penalties due to the second apron that the NBA has foolishly self-imposed on itself.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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“Self-inflicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-inflicted. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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