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  • r  in an indulgent manner
    I was indulgently advised to give the kids what they wanted unless I wished my son to be socially ostracised

  • They posed indulgently for photographers, Guy bussing Peggy's cheek on demand.
  • The audience received his jokes indulgently but not warmly.
  • Self-indulgently, I've been dropping the conversational bomb of brain surgery more often than absolutely necessary just to enjoy the reaction.
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  • Commentary: The solitary leaker, a betrayer of trust
    The founders did not create the United States so that some solitary 29-year-old could make unilateral decisions about what should be exposed. Edward Snowden self-indulgently short-circuited the democratic structures of accountability, putting his own preferences above everything else.
    June 12, 2013 - Seattle Times

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