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the little girl demanded over and over to be picked up so she could see the performers on stage

Recent Examples on the Web And with a few simple instrumental parts and muted vocal phrases repeated over and over, Solange conjures immersive trance states that become habitats for meditating, dancing and dreaming. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, "The 10 Best Albums of 2019," 27 Nov. 2019 Same situation over and over and over: hungry, struggle. — Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, "Denver weathers heavy snow on a busy travel day," 26 Nov. 2019 And so when the women talk, these are the words that get repeated over and over. — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, "Four Seasoned Journalists Will Moderate Tonight’s Presidential Debate—They Happen to Be Women," 20 Nov. 2019 The decision by Juliet's mother, a witch, to curse her daughter's lover inadvertently ties Juliet to him through time—dooming her to relive the same love affair over and over for centuries to come. — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, "Ars To-Be-Read: Five books we’re most excited to read in 2020," 15 Nov. 2019 The other word that people use over and over again to describe Levin's death is shocking. — Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country, "Looking Back at the Preppy Killer Case, More Than 30 Years Later," 12 Nov. 2019 Calling Jeremy Corbyn a socialist over and over in 2017 seemed to help Corbyn more than hurt him. — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, "If Boris Isn’t Careful, Brexit Could Disappear in a Winter Snap," 8 Nov. 2019 The environment simulates variables like friction, and a robotic arm tries to grasp an object over and over using different grips. — Wired, "If You Want a Robot to Learn Better, Be a Jerk to It," 6 Nov. 2019 The recycling problem If a company manufactures the same unit or component—glass products, for example—over and over, year after year, the process is predictable. — Matt Iverson, Quartz, "The problem big manufacturers have with recycling—and how to fix it," 24 Sep. 2019

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“Over and over.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20and%20over. Accessed 14 December 2019.

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