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
Arizona residents, though, not only won't have a chance to relive it over and over à la Bill Murray, but may not experience it at all.
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Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The game forces every player into real decisions, real defense, real reads, over and over again.
—Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Does that get tough to hear over and over again?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
But this time, imagine drawing the same storyboard image on an airplane, over and over again.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
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Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The game forces every player into real decisions, real defense, real reads, over and over again.
—Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Does that get tough to hear over and over again?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
But this time, imagine drawing the same storyboard image on an airplane, over and over again.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for over and over
Adverb
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Uninsured Americans, however, often must pay for prescription medications with their own money.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Investors often flock to gold when crises hit, inflation spikes or stocks slump as a way to preserve their money’s worth.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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This protection doesn’t cover everything, however; lighter species of gases — including water vapor — are constantly stripped away by the solar wind, and seen in Venus’s magnetotail.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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This approach reduces visual noise and eliminates the need to constantly rotate, store, or reassess items throughout the year.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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As strong as Dallas has been in its six-game win streak, the Stars have allowed opponents to climb back into games repeatedly in the third.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kitty, whose worldly possessions fit into two plastic bags, is seen repeatedly in the same clothes, and bourgeois hostility to her presence in Beth’s middle-class neighborhood compounds her feelings of worthlessness.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But all too frequently, congressional elections are impacted by family succession, not true competition.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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Jackson was a staunch opponent of the bank’s existence and frequently clashed with Nicholas Biddle, the bank’s president from 1823 to 1836.—
Mikayla Bunnell,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Suzie juggles counselors, nurses, social workers, community agencies, and teachers--retelling her story again and again just to solve one problem.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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Violette’s nostalgic invocation of the aesthetics of the late ’60s and early ’70s did not so much channel the utopianism of the counterculture as mourn its passing, returning again and again to the grave of the last mythic moment when radical change seemed possible.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Over and over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/over%20and%20over. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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