as in often
many times
the little girl demanded over and over to be picked up so she could see the performers on stage
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Recent Examples of over and over
The same story pops up over and over again when automation occurs.
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Jeff Mayhugh, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Most Saturday morning cartoons recycled the same backgrounds over and over.
—Alex Shoemaker, Parents, 4 Jan. 2026
The Spartans compensated by drawing switches on ball screens, then attacking SDSU’s bigs with drives, pump faking and drawing fouls – over and over and over.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
There’s often a person who has to load a stack of flat cardboard just over a foot tall and weighing about 55 pounds, into a machine, over and over again.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for over and over
Jeff Mayhugh, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Most Saturday morning cartoons recycled the same backgrounds over and over.
—Alex Shoemaker, Parents, 4 Jan. 2026
The Spartans compensated by drawing switches on ball screens, then attacking SDSU’s bigs with drives, pump faking and drawing fouls – over and over and over.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
There’s often a person who has to load a stack of flat cardboard just over a foot tall and weighing about 55 pounds, into a machine, over and over again.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for over and over
Recent Examples of Synonyms for over and over
Adverb
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Jenner, like her sister Kim Kardashian, has often turned to Margiela for her most major moments, with an affinity for the house’s sensual, body-exulting designs.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2026
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These therapies are not universally successful, of course, but can often save lives and defeat cancers where other methods are unsuccessful.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The Cross-Functional Peer This person is someone at your same professional level but in a department that your team works with constantly.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Lobotka is constantly processing.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The officer in the tan beanie repeatedly hits Pretti in the head with the pepper spray canister.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Trump has criticized Powell repeatedly during his first year back in the White House ‒ threatening to try to fire him from the board of the independent agency ‒ for refusing to lower interest rates.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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With several teams in qualification places on goal difference alone as things stand, prepare for the league table to be changing as frequently as an airport departures board throughout the 90 minutes.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Homeland Security Investigations, a unit within ICE that focuses on cross-border crimes, frequently sends its officers to overseas events like the Olympics to assist with security.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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And everywhere, Americans sat by television sets, watching again and again the videotape of the spectacular breakup of the nation’s showpiece of space technology.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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The president has tried again and again to pivot to domestic affordability issues amid persistent public angst, only to repeatedly return to foreign policy priorities like Venezuela and Greenland.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Over and over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/over%20and%20over. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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