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over and over

Idioms  

  1. Also, over and over again. Repeatedly, many times, as in I've told you over and over that he can't eat spicy food. [Late 1500s] Also see again and again.

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Thermal batteries, such as the one being developed by Cache Energy, store heat instead of electricity, and can be recharged and discharged over and over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

After “Let ’Em In,” McCartney asked his band member Brian Ray to show off the song’s all-important bass line: a single note plucked over and over and over again.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

On the album closer, Strength In Me, she repeats the line "I know I'm gonna survive this" over and over as the music swells in a thrilling crescendo.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Even the sequences of obvious pathos are earned, over and over again.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Daisy looked at me and started repeating “Dolly” over and over.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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