[noun] + に + [same noun] + を重ねて [noun] + に + [same noun] + を重ねた + [noun]
The noun is something you do, usually with effort: どりょく努力, けんきゅう研究, れんしゅう練習, ぎろん議論. The pattern is formal and belongs to writing, speeches and the news. In conversation, say なんど何度も with the verb.
With one noun, をかさねて重ねて says the thing built up over time. Doubling the noun stresses that it went on and on, often through hardship.