harping
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"We need reinforcements, but I don't want to keep harping on about it. I don't need to beg for players that we need."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
Kavanaugh then pivoted, harping on “detransitioners”—people who transitioned, and then stopped identifying as transgender.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024
But that the larger campaign is harping on this suggests they really think it's smart strategy.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
But, he also painted a broader picture of why he is concerned about increased regulation, harping back to Amazon’s blocked acquisition of iRobot, the Boston-based maker of the autonomous vacuum cleaners Roomba.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
Some Argie diplomat in New York, still harping on about the Belgrano being outside the zone, said Britain no longer rules the waves, it just waives the rules.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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