as in paid (up)
to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely
there were so many good things about the stage production that it seems churlish to harp on a couple of minor missteps
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emphasized
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In a series of recent meetings with staff from Business Insider and Politico shared with Semafor, Döpfner has repeatedly emphasized that news organizations that do not embrace artificial intelligence will almost certainly be left behind and fail.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026 -
As the case enters its second month, Siminoff emphasized the company’s active cooperation with local authorities, adding that a video was recently found of a suspicious car two and a half miles away, which was reported through Amazon’s Ring network.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Harped (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harped%20%28on%29. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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