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 • Nov. 14, 2024
Why would a rat do something over and over if it didn’t feel good?
From Scientific American • May 4, 2023
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 • Sep. 27, 2022
"But, at the same time, it isn't a big shock because it's been such a different year, and not everyone wants to do something over Zoom."
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2021
How many times do you get the chance to do something over again, to do it over right?
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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