mantra
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Nowadays, the value of “low-cost index funds” is a universal mantra on Wall Street.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
USC’s football season mantra this year is “The Time is Now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Eternity Around the Corner” considers the opening section of the 1957 masterpiece “Brilliant Corners” like a repeated mantra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Another mantra is to always appear "ultra reasonable".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
She repeated it like a mantra, and it helped until they reached the headquarters and were escorted through a gated entrance to the building’s courtyard.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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
Fans dressed in approximations of her floaty ballgowns and 1920s flapper dresses, hollering lyrics like mantras.
From BBC ● May 2, 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
And two others, “No Fear” and “Happy With You,” repeat lyrics like mantras as the music builds around them, filling up over 11 minutes of music with just two stanzas of words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
“He’s gathered all kinds of mantras, sacred words that will help you. But, be warned, he’s still awful...”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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