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He would talk on and on, from morning until night, in order to prevent the senate from voting on laws that he did not want to see passed.

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In the chill of an empty classroom in which no one had bothered to light the hearth, the young governess babbled on and on, while Baroness Hoover struggled to stay awake.

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One could scarcely see past all the crowns, roses, shamrocks, halos, piles of gold, angel wings, laurel leaves, roaring lions—the list went on and on.

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Cheap old watches that ticked on and on without him.

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“The list goes on and on,” he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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