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harp

noun as in harmonica

noun as in mouth organ

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The hooded seal has moved from Vulnerable to Endangered, while the bearded and harp seals are now Near Threatened due to shrinking sea ice.

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“The Details” is a crucial moment on the album, an acknowledgment, with a dour fiddle and harp, that communication may be forever broken.

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But I don’t ever harp on things like that or watch people’s failures because I’ve had one.

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"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."

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“You pull it out of the piano, you put it on the harp, it’s still working, you take out of the harp, you sing it a cappella, it’s still working, good song.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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