over and over

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Recent Examples of over and over Say this over and over until its a mantra around her. Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 June 2025 Remote work as an accessible solution The topic of remote work came up over and over again in the discussion of burnout at work. Sunny Hubler, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2025 The voice repeated the same line, over and over again: Iraq has invaded the borders in the north. Hala Alyan june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025 Carnivorous plants don’t come in just one form, in other words, but have evolved over and over again through time, flowering into an array of various sticky, slippery and spiky traps. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for over and over
Recent Examples of Synonyms for over and over
Adverb
  • Human smugglers, often linked to drug cartels, have used tunnels, ladders and power tools to cross walls.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • Those underground markets — often hosted on the dark web — create demand for cybercriminals to steal personal information and then sell that to scammers.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Adverb
  • The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2025
  • Writers, students, workers, and business people constantly face deadlines, dates when manuscripts and homework must be submitted and orders filled.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
Adverb
  • Smollett has repeatedly denied staging the hate crime and has maintained that the attack was real.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 23 June 2025
  • Russian officials have repeatedly raised concerns about escalation and the potential for nuclear fallout.
    Dan Gooding Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Adverb
  • American investors own shares in companies around the world, which means a tax on foreign earnings stateside will frequently be a tax on U.S. earners.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • This virus most frequently causes asymptomatic infections, but symptomatic infections can have quite severe symptoms, including paralysis of one or more limbs or even of the muscles involved in breathing.
    Jen Christiansen, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
Adverb
  • Here’s what earned a spot in my carry-on—again and again.
    Claire Volkman, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025
  • That puts us in the position where an American President or Israel might start striking Iran again and again.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Adverb
  • France — always in the mix in the major tournaments of the women’s game, yet still without a trophy.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • There'd always been someone, not even necessarily a romantic partner.
    Glamour, Glamour, 27 June 2025

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“Over and over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/over%20and%20over. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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