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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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Witkoff built his real estate fortune largely by identifying undervalued properties and raising capital from the same investors over and over again.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Falcons inability to pressure QB shows up over and over.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
On Sunday, the bell's clang echoed over and over across the lawn of the Indiana Statehouse.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2024
And so The Diplomat sets the stage for Wyler to be schooled, over and over, by Penn and her reactionary doctrine through the end of the season, a dynamic that with each scene reveals how little the series has done to make Wyler a lucid character of her own.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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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
in the 15th century
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“Over and over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20and%20over. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
over and over
adverb
: many times : often
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