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  • present participle of harp.
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harping

[hahr-ping] / ˈhɑr pɪŋ /


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"They are harping on about getting more disabled people in employment," she said.

From BBC Oct. 26, 2025

His harping on this point could come across as doctrinaire.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2025

Throughout the hearing, he kept harping on the word "anonymous," implying that the press made up the stories.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2025

Kavanaugh then pivoted, harping on “detransitioners”—people who transitioned, and then stopped identifying as transgender.

From Slate Dec. 4, 2024

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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