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harped on

VERB
repeat
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"Something that coach Coen's harped on is just going 1-0 every week," says Little.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2026

The coach who harped on building “championship habits” said the Lakers have delivered that standard in just 16 games.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2025

“That’s the key to success and is something we have harped on and is the reason we are on this little run.”

From Seattle Times Dec. 12, 2023

Bienemy also harped on several of Howell’s passes being deflected, yelling that there were “way too many balls on the ground.”

From Washington Times May 31, 2023

I harped on this so loud and long that my exhausted father, in desperate need of peace, said, “All right, Callie. I’ll pay you a nickel.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly



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