harped (on)

past tense of harp (on)
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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  • But no election date has been set, as opposition leader María Corina Machado emphasized in her own remarks shortly afterwards.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Both the Hesburgh Commission report in the early 1980s and the Jordan Commission report in the late 1990s emphasized the need for civic and social assimilation of immigrants.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
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“Harped (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harped%20%28on%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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