bunker mentality

Example Sentences

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Now that I think about it, I might have a kind of bunker mentality when it comes to gas prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

“It’s a little bit of bunker mentality for everyone here,” the council member said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

"The banks are under almost a bunker mentality right now. They are getting hit from a lot of different places," said Todd Phillips, a professor at Georgia State University.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2023

Whenever we became the center of national news, the self-inflicted crises caused us to retreat into a bunker mentality.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022

A nation that likes to think of itself as being a city on a hill has often adopted a bunker mentality.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2021