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Recent Examples of self-inflicted
Whether injury-based or self-inflicted, the top four seeds in this past year’s playoffs may have drastic changes to their roster and results next year, opening the door for any team in the East.
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Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
But Crenshaw dismissed that argument as both self-inflicted and legally unsound.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
While some of the fissures are self-inflicted, like recent threats of tariffs against the European Union and higher duties on steel imports, a fresh set of court rulings questioning the president’s tariffs-granting authority now hangs over his entire push to reset U.S. trade relations.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 3 June 2025
If Arsenal’s squad was too small, or imbalanced, that was in part self-inflicted: Arteta was involved in the conversations where it was decided to send Fabio Vieira out on loan, for example.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
But Crenshaw dismissed that argument as both self-inflicted and legally unsound.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
While some of the fissures are self-inflicted, like recent threats of tariffs against the European Union and higher duties on steel imports, a fresh set of court rulings questioning the president’s tariffs-granting authority now hangs over his entire push to reset U.S. trade relations.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 3 June 2025
If Arsenal’s squad was too small, or imbalanced, that was in part self-inflicted: Arteta was involved in the conversations where it was decided to send Fabio Vieira out on loan, for example.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-inflicted
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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 21 Jul. 2025.
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