over and over
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Instead, they had shown, over and over again, that they were going to put their own interests ahead of the people who trusted them.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
"Dad labelled everything, recorded everything and backed it all up to cassette, over and over," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Instead, she selected images made as she kept returning to the same location over and over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"I put dots all over my body and make all the surroundings dot patterns. By creating the same thing over and over, my own existence is buried in the art."
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
I don’t doubt her take on Big Ed’s, but coloring the same princess picture over and over again is also boring.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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