harps on
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The discourse around hip hop often harps on Black artists who use the "N-word", stokes racialized resentment of rappers for "driving in Mercedes-Benzs," and hyperventilates over lyrics that celebrate sexual freedom.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2022
Saban and his wife, Terry, have been married for more than 45 years and there’s definitely one thing she harps on him about, he admitted Thursday.
From Fox News ● Oct. 1, 2021
It chose Stravinsky’s plague-infested opera-oratorio, “Oedipus Rex,” which harps on the futility of it all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2021
That’s the lesson Jacoby harps on with his high-school players: A lineman’s power comes from his legs, but it starts with proper feet placement — for most guys, slightly more than shoulder-width apart.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2017
There’s a false beast that takes the form of instinct and harps on the pointlessness of everything that happens.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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