self-immolation

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Recent Examples of self-immolation The pervasive self-immolation that results gives the movie enough edge to make up for the weak car stunts, although the bikers’ skull helmets are among the most badass the genre has to offer. Katie Rife, Vulture, 21 June 2024 Unfortunately, Lewis just so happened to recently find himself at the scene of a murder involving none other than Rose's policeman ex-boyfriend Joel (Kyle Gallner), the person who witnessed Rose's self-immolation in the final minutes of the first movie and damned himself in the process. Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024 The fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation 14 years ago inspired Tunisians to topple their longtime dictator and kicked off the 2011 Arab Spring. Ian Bremmer, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024 Anderson steals scenes, but Billie Piper carries the film as Newsnight booker Sam McAlister, who works her bum off to secure Andrew’s public self-immolation. EW.com, 14 Sep. 2024 In June, Trump survived the first debate of the 2024 Presidential election season owing to the self-immolation of his opponent, Joe Biden. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024 The other reason for the Venu companies to promise self-immolation in nine years? Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2024 But it also should be noted that such an operation would represent a type of national economic self-immolation. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024 His self-immolation, in a busy road junction in Saigon, was designed for maximum publicity, with journalists contacted beforehand. Austin Chen, theweek, 15 Mar. 2024

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“Self-immolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-immolation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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