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Some traditionalists have been harping, carping and parping on about the interchangeable 1st and 18th holes, which will alternate between par-fours and par-fives each day, the course remaining a par-70 always.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015

New York designers have been harping on youth and playing Led Zeppelin, one of the funnier contradictions of Fashion Week.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2011

All of that sounds kind of scary, and these are the aspects that the media, both internationally and in Guyana, have been harping on.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2011

The last couple of days in practice, the coaches have been harping: Be strong with the ball.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2011

They have been harping on this theme for eighty years and show no more sign of exhaustion than a dog barking in the night.

From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by Phelps, William Lyon