mentally

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Some are mentally soothed by repeating specific words or phrases, a phenomenon known as echolalia, which can be misinterpreted by someone unfamiliar with the trait as mocking or uncooperative.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"Coco will fight for every opportunity and she played incredibly, but I was mentally strong. I knew I was doing everything right and it was just a matter of a few points."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The stock options that the DeepMind scientists had mentally written off might soon be worth a fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“The book itself was written in solitude and edited in silence because I was trying to mentally travel back in time to 1980s and 1990s India,” Mahajan says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

I realized that Martha thought me being so social with the other girls meant that I wasn’t staying mentally in my zone.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles