mantra

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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

It’s been a standard mantra of financial advisers and commentators for about two generations.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

“It’s playing on that sort of mantra thing, where it’s just this one thing going over and over, going round and round,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Finally she started telling herself “Just do it,” and it was the magic mantra to get her exercising regularly again.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman