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the little girl demanded over and over to be picked up so she could see the performers on stage
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The classic silhouette has also been reimagined over and over by the likes of Schiaparelli, Marine Serre, Emilia Wickstead and Vaquera, among others.
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Leah Dolan, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
My film school was watching movies — and how audiences reacted to them — over and over again.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
As an extra in the Auteur’s film, Bon wears a series of disguises to die over and over again.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Just watching them kind of pile on top of one another over and over.
—Karen Zamora, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
One showdown involves a man swinging a hatchet over and over at Kid’s head, missing him by millimeters each time.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Herewith a recent story, but one that unfortunately is told over and over.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
Those three buildings appear over and over through the decades, in black on blue, lavender, orange, yellow or white; in white on black; surrounded by smudgy fingerprints or plumes of smoke; naked in fields of color; rendered in oil, ink, graphite or pastel.
—Will Heinrich, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Israelis are less than six months removed from the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, a massacre that Hamas leaders have vowed to repeat over and over again until Israel no longer exists.
—The Editors, National Review, 26 Mar. 2024
Leah Dolan, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
My film school was watching movies — and how audiences reacted to them — over and over again.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
As an extra in the Auteur’s film, Bon wears a series of disguises to die over and over again.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Just watching them kind of pile on top of one another over and over.
—Karen Zamora, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
One showdown involves a man swinging a hatchet over and over at Kid’s head, missing him by millimeters each time.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Herewith a recent story, but one that unfortunately is told over and over.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
Those three buildings appear over and over through the decades, in black on blue, lavender, orange, yellow or white; in white on black; surrounded by smudgy fingerprints or plumes of smoke; naked in fields of color; rendered in oil, ink, graphite or pastel.
—Will Heinrich, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Israelis are less than six months removed from the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, a massacre that Hamas leaders have vowed to repeat over and over again until Israel no longer exists.
—The Editors, National Review, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Over and over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20and%20over. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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