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Recent Examples of self-inflicted
Offensively, the Rapids’ biggest problem was self-inflicted.
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Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2025
Bauer said Anzalone then claimed the cuts to his head were self-inflicted.
—Thomas C. Zambito, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
But unlike general manager Howie Roseman, who was hit with an errant beer can, DeJean’s injury was self-inflicted.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
Cable’s ongoing erosion, Trump’s 2020 defeat, and the WBD merger to a reset of the company’s ideological approach, and the departure of a string of personalities for a variety of reasons, some forced, some self-inflicted.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2025
Bauer said Anzalone then claimed the cuts to his head were self-inflicted.
—Thomas C. Zambito, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
But unlike general manager Howie Roseman, who was hit with an errant beer can, DeJean’s injury was self-inflicted.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
Cable’s ongoing erosion, Trump’s 2020 defeat, and the WBD merger to a reset of the company’s ideological approach, and the departure of a string of personalities for a variety of reasons, some forced, some self-inflicted.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Self-inflicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-inflicted. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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