- present participle of harp.
harping
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Wiatt, apparently having cold feet, starts harping on culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dario Amodei published a blog post warning that more A.I. agents going “rogue” could soon take over the entire web, then went on various news shows to keep harping the message.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
"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
His harping on this point could come across as doctrinaire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
It has a mournful harping note sometimes, and the very persistence of it, that eternal roll and thunder and hiss, plays a jagged tune upon the nerves.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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