again and again

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Recent Examples of again and again Go beyond it to keep customers coming back to your brand again and again. Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 My research argues that the men most pressured to prove their manhood are the ones who most experience it as fragile, treating masculinity as a status that can be lost and must be won back again and again. Adam Stanaland, The Conversation, 20 July 2026 And even now, Negrete is using his experience to fuel his dreams of playing professionally, revisiting the YouTube video of the experience again and again. Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 The 2026 World Cup has been a brilliant spectacle of drama and over the last few weeks you will have got used to being dazzled by the best players on the planet delivering again and again. The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for again and again
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Adverb
  • In practical terms, that means getting in a line of biblical proportions, often under a blazing sun, and hoping for the best.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
  • Naturally, those walks have often turned into quests for something cold, boozy and blended.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Adverb
  • Anderson’s injury record is slightly worse by virtue of a stress fracture in his back that kept him out for four months in the middle of the 2023-24 season, but over the two subsequent campaigns both have been near-constantly available.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Clark is the one constantly subjected to excessive physicality from other WNBA players, and Armour still finds a way to make the aftermath her responsibility.
    Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
Adverb
  • Iran has repeatedly struck energy facilities in the Gulf, including two consecutive attacks on a Kuwaiti power and desalination plant over the weekend, according to Kuwait’s energy minister.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • It is composed of extremely thin layers of iron selenide, or FeSe, which are embedded repeatedly throughout a much larger three-dimensional crystal.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
Adverb
  • As Ruiz tried to help Carson Palmquist navigate the early innings Tuesday, though, he was spotted looking over to the dugout frequently before pitches.
    Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Measures could include reducing groundwater pumping and operating river locks less frequently, to limit saltwater flowing in.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

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“Again and again.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/again%20and%20again. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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