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drum

[druhm] / drʌm /


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The spikier “Tongue” is the other rocker, whose arrangement is a blend of syncopated drum breaks, squelching keyboards and drones built on feedback and distortion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

This week in the Don’t Short Yourself newsletter, Genna Contino described Kalshi’s attempt to drum up interest in betting on who will win “Dancing with the Stars.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The king gave him the name, which means the "one who comes with the royal drum".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Avengers: Endgame" dusted competitors in the North American weekend box office, as the 2019 super hero film was re-released in a bid to drum up support for the franchise.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

A drum struck savagely through the hush, sent it shivering, flying...people blinked and stared, called thus rudely to take up their ordinary existence.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

"The water shortage is affecting our livelihoods... Money that should be used to buy rice is now spent on water drums," Dewi says.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

He’s the pen behind 2005’s “Just the Girl” by the Click Five, which laid a mall-emo whine and reverb-heavy drums over The Wonders’ tried and true formula.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Then bringing them together and not feeling like we have to make it pop or saturate the music or make the drums lighter and more radio-friendly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

British counterterror police said the seized material in black drums wasn’t workable explosives, though they haven’t identified the material.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Micah drums his fingertips on his lunch bag.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

He has drummed with everybody and has these other interests and businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

"Love Story" drummed up controversy -- and viewers -- with its revisiting of the A-list couple's courtship and untimely deaths, but it only earned six nominations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

He also drummed up excitement on podcasts, including those hosted by Adam Grant and Elin Hilderbrand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

"I have impartiality through my bones," he told the committee, saying it was "drummed" into him when he joined the BBC in 1991.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025

Sleet drummed slantwise at the great rigid envelope of the craft, making a noise that almost drowned the clatter and howl of the straining engines, and obscuring the view of the ground.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Born from Wolf’s real frustrations in a long-term relationship, the melodramatic hit bubbles with acoustic guitar and low, vocal flip-laced mourning to amplified crescendos, replete with punchy garage-rock drumming and Wolf’s howling chorus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Film magazine Variety said Malkovich was "drumming up awards buzz" and tipped him for a possible first best actor Oscar at the next awards ceremony.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Pant hooting and buttress drumming are both part of the male chimpanzee display, suggesting that accumulative stone throwing might represent a modification of this common behavior.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

The father-of-four is constantly ferrying the kids - aged between seven and 13 - to endless activities including taekwondo, swimming and drumming, as well helping them figure out their homework.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

He glanced at Ekon’s fingers, still drumming at his side.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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