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was harping
  • past progressive of harp.

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Later that day, he was harping on the issue again.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021

He came to the sideline and it wasn’t like everybody was harping on it.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2015

Everybody was harping on about security and I think they put everything into that.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2010

Continually he was harping on the friendship felt for the plaintiff.

From Time Magazine Archive

I never had one hour’s happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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