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mantra

[man-truh, mahn-, muhn-] / ˈmæn trə, ˈmɑn-, ˈmʌn- /


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“I’ve always had the ability to go on these runs ... but it’s staying aggressive. My little mantra today was keep swinging, and keep swinging hard at it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

And so began my new golf mantra: Have fun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The mantra “if it bleeds, it leads” has been, at best, a mixed bag for media over many decades.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

I put a lot of pressure on myself this year, complete opposite of the mantra from last year that really helped me, so I tried to get back to that.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Like a cinematic mantra, a mystical trailer of memory, I replayed the scene of all those boys standing in the grass about the spontaneous creche of his death.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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