mantra
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That kind of mantra -- using drones to save lives -- was precisely what Fedorov had been pushing at the defence ministry.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Indeed, my mantra through much of the decadeslong campaign had been—to borrow a phrase that at least one ardent activist actually tattooed on her arm—“There is no marriage without engagement.”
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
My mantra at the moment is “Confound the binary.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Phra Sompong, who was a monk in the group, said he was chanting the meditation mantra "Buddho, Buddho" before the crash happened.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Furthermore, Ulbrickson told Brougham, Bobby Moch had a new mantra when he called for extra effort: “Take Ten for RB.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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
“Proximity is power!” he wrote, quoting one of Robbins’s signature mantras, in a caption for the photo snapped at Mar-a-Lago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 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
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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