year after year

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In the 1940s, University of Chicago economist Frank H. Knight devised a thought experiment called the Crusonia plant: a miraculous organism that, once planted, yields fruit year after year without any effort.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

If sentiment “plods along quarter after quarter, year after year, it will eventually deliver negative results for not just growth but for societal well-being,” Bernstein said.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

None of that interfered with our own cup final, which we lived year after year, so it was a very proud moment to make it to one for real.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

What makes it worth it to keep coming back year after year?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

There is a cheaper and better way to remove crabgrass than to attempt year after year to kill it out with chemicals.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson