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harp on

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repeat
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“Bless his heart, he is full of beans,” he continues, describing Jagger this way twice in 30 minutes, “and playing some really great blues harp on this record.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Levito is loving the experience so much that she won’t even harp on the fact that she briefly battled food poisoning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

Stewart continued to harp on a message he'd shared earlier the week, encouraging his fans not to despair.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024

“Here, we don’t quit. That’s the biggest thing and what we harp on in the offseason.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2023

I always imagined my herald—their official name, not mine—would sound sympathetic and ease me into this news, maybe even harp on how it’s especially tragic because I’m so young.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera


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