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"I'm sorry to belabour the point but I have to say that I'm confused by the discussion," Seamus Fernandez of Guggenheim Securities said later.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

You’d pick … but let’s not belabour the point.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2021

That’s a state of affairs they’ll want to address sooner rather than later - and everyone’s said sorry, so let’s not belabour the point - before taking things from there.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2021

Acknowledge, but don’t belabour, the dreadful grief and pain that the person must be feeling.

From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2017

The Captain changed his frown for a smile as the situation dawned on him, then, snatching the parallel rulers from the chart-table he began to belabour the most accessible portion of his gurgling subordinate's anatomy.

From H.M.S. —— by Bower, John Graham