as in paying (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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emphasizing
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That gives players time to power up their gear to protected ice attacks and build up gear emphasizing Thunder, Fire and Dragon elements that can deal more damage.—
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For Ginsberg, ever-attuned to the rhythmic physicality of verse, the central atom of poetry wasn’t the line or the foot, but rather the breath, emphasizing that his were longer than his free verse hero Whitman because the good, grey poet probably had smaller lungs.—
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“Harping (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harping%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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