motto
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"This unity of hearts, which we describe with the motto 'One Nation, Two States,' is an everlasting torch that draws strength from our shared past and illuminates our future."
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Along with the International Olympic Committee’s official motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger — Together,” each organizing committee uses a slogan to share its vision for the Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The state’s motto, “Live Free or Die,” captures its libertarian ethos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Try to relax. We’re here to help” is this culture’s infuriating motto.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Austin, who had spent forty years publishing a paper with the motto “The Truth Unbridled,” advised Fuller not to pull his punches.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
The team writing the mottoes for next year’s batch of Sweethearts has already developed a new theme aimed at that demographic sweet spot.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
He has outfitted it with solar panels and inscribed it with positive mottoes, including “Always Be Compassion” scrawled across the hood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2022
There he prints by letterpress, in two colors, greeting cards that combine old etchings and engravings with famous mottoes and sayings.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
The company mottoes, which also include “Join Forces” and “Win Fair,” were written by a woman who previously worked at Coach.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018
In the hallways were felt hangings, mottoes about Jesus.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
That’s where her mottos come in — short, memorable phrases that condensed technique into a moment you could carry from the screen to your own kitchen.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
One of Sheinbaum’s mottos: “Collaboration, coordination, without subordination. ... Sovereignty is not negotiable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
“In adopting their mottos, symbols, and ethos on the field of friendly strife, we seek to emulate their application of these characteristics to defeat our rivals,” the school said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Rings engraved with French chivalric mottos were fashionable between 1400 and 1500.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2023
One of his mottos: Don’t take no for an answer.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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