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Examples of over and over in a Sentence
the little girl demanded over and over to be picked up so she could see the performers on stage
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Ephron’s comment was based on the opinion that marketers were helping to create ad avoidance with strategies that inundated persons with repeating the same ads over and over again.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Starship is significantly larger and more sophisticated than a Falcon 9 upper stage, with higher-thrust, finely tuned Raptor engines and a heat shield that will be able to fly over and over again with no refurbishment.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
But the point was made, and it was reiterated over and over.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Little doubt what the Christmas No 1 was among Wrexham supporters, as the club’s veteran striker was rightly hailed over and over again via a terrace chant set to the tune of Glasgow Rangers’ club anthem ‘Follow, Follow…‘.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of over and over was
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“Over and over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20and%20over. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
over and over
adverb
: many times : often
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