mantra
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Still, SpaceX continues to dominate the global space launch market, thanks to its partially reusable Falcon rockets, and has made risk-taking its mantra.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
It was a mantra coined by the tech giant Meta and used until 2012, which came to define the bad old days of social media running riot in a feeding frenzy of user data.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
But Zuckerberg’s move-fast-and-break-things mantra has broken a lot of things over the years, including his users’ trust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Nowadays, the value of “low-cost index funds” is a universal mantra on Wall Street.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
With an almost comfortable distance from the thing itself as it really was, Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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It’s filled with affirmations, prayers and mantras about love, peace and human connection, with music as a religious calling more than a form of entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Buddhist mantras should be chanted while the baby is being delivered, but he can't remember the words, so he plays them from his phone on speaker instead.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
One of Close’ mantras is, “Sometimes you, sometimes me, always us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
Ahead of the speeches, a choir sang as attendees photographed a large panel emblazoned with one of Jackson's mantras "keep hope alive."
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
Unhappiness and suffering builds character, Jesse told himself—and me—again and again, repeating one of his Nietzschean mantras.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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