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“That’s the key to success and is something we have harped on and is the reason we are on this little run.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
“I’ve got a big arm and can put the ball where it needs to be. June and coach Haslett have harped on me, ‘Hey, use those things.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
In postgame news conferences, players have harped on just breaking through one time to get out of the rut.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
The judge and attorneys for both sides have harped on the panel to wait for the evidence over the next five months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2020
If we have harped on England's interest, it must not for a moment be supposed that we have forgotten England's duty.
From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History
