motto
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When it seems like harmless fun, my motto is to let people enjoy it.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Among his first duties as monarch, he led an extraordinary cabinet meeting where he announced his royal title and adopted his father's motto "Everything for Norway".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
"Both as head of state and a successful athlete, he was an outstanding representative of his country. He gave 'All for Norway'," Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf said, referring to Harald's royal motto.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Coordination, not subordination,” Sheinbaum said Friday, reiterating a motto emphasizing that Mexico will not relinquish its sovereignty in response to U.S. pressure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“They’ll point to the school motto and remind them what it means to join the Fullbrook legacy.”
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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
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
She said it when I applied to every college I had seen mentioned in books—the ones with demure colors, Latin mottoes, things called quads.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
One of Miss Brennan’s mottoes was “If it ain’t broke, fix it anyway.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2018
There were badges, mottoes even, stripes of color in stockings and pullovers.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
"Never forget, never forgive - this is one of the mottos that reminds us who we are, what we have been through, and how resilient we Bosnians are," says Dokic.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Even when the season felt like a shadow of what it once was, her voice — her methods, her mottos, her insistence that anyone could learn — persisted.
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
Granddad is the sort of person who has mottos.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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