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Recent Examples of self-inflicted
Police said the shooting was self-inflicted, but didn’t give any more details.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2025
Jones himself died of a gunshot wound that was likely self-inflicted.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
Sragow contends that the city’s financial problems are largely self-inflicted.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
The current crisis is entirely self-inflicted by a sophomoric tariff policy.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2025
Jones himself died of a gunshot wound that was likely self-inflicted.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
Sragow contends that the city’s financial problems are largely self-inflicted.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
The current crisis is entirely self-inflicted by a sophomoric tariff policy.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-inflicted
self-imposed
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The jam Williams found himself in was self-imposed, as the righty added a walk and a hit-by-pitch to the automatic runner on second.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2025
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The press is still free; its only limitations are self-imposed.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Self-inflicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-inflicted. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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