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The signature speckled edges and thumb indexes are preserved, helping to make the volume self-consciously display-friendly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

There were people reaching to the sky, wearing colourful face paint and elaborate necklaces, while I held my palms up self-consciously, melting in my M&S suit.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

Glaser does a self-consciously terrible “Conclave”/”Wicked” mash-up song called “Pope-ular” and honestly, I wished she’d committed to the bit and come up with alternate lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2025

Written by the novelist and playwright Justin Kuritzkes, “Challengers” is fairly straightforward despite its self-consciously tortured narrative timeline.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

But at first, thinking they were merely trying to attract attention in order to say hello, Linda smiled self-consciously and waved.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols