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Repeatedly, often, as in I've told you again and again, don't turn up the heat . This idiom uses repetition for the purpose of emphasis (as does its synonym, over and over ). Shakespeare used it in Othello (1:3): “I have told thee often, and I retell thee again and again.” [c. 1600]

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"To have to relive what she's been through, again and again, as tech improves, I can't imagine what that feels like," she said.

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And anecdotally, as I mentioned, I have witnessed again and again birdwatchers disregarding some birds in favor of flashier ones.

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His story will be told again and again about a teenager seeking a chance and trusting the process.

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Because Marple and Poirot are trademarked by a watchful Christie estate, there have been no new stories added to the originals; they are just adapted, again and again, sometimes faithfully, often very loosely.

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And Kennedy still won’t let go of this ridiculous notion — debunked again and again — that vaccines are a cause of autism.

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