drum
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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
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"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
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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
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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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