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You hear this again and again - no pets in apartments (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mantra

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'you hear this again and again no pets in apartments' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for mantra that I've seen before include "Buddhist aid to concentration" , "Much-repeated phrase" , "Sacred words used as incantation" , "repeating phrase" , "Repeated sacred word or words" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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