do something over
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To find out, you need to replicate; do something over and over again, varying the temperature, water pH, bacterial infection, and more, to find out which of the many options is causing the shrimp decline.
From Slate
"If they don't do something over these trees, someone is going to be killed, because of the state they're in," Rob McCallion, from the campaign group, said.
From BBC
Why would a rat do something over and over if it didn’t feel good?
From Scientific American
I’ve had a lot of jobs and if I had to be told to do something over and over, I would have been fired immediately.”
From New York Times
"For the children we have lost, for the children we can save, for the nation we love — let us hear the call and cry, let us meet this moment, let us finally do something. Over the last two decades, more school-age children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active duty military combined. Think about that. For God's sake how much more carnage are we willing to accept?"
From Salon
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