beat the drum for
Example Sentences
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Sayce says he is determined to beat the drum for youth spaces: "We have to recreate the village, we have to recreate communities."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Daly weighed in as Fed officials have continued to beat the drum for further rate rises aimed at lowering the highest levels of inflation in 40 years.
From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2022
But Nee and her writers don’t beat the drum for gender equality, allowing Ridley’s exploits to make the point.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2021
Ms. Ellis beat the drum for the president on cable and wherever else she had a platform.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2020
But I had a younger brother who beat the drum for a whole week in an enlisting-office tent in Chicago.
From A Strange Discovery by Dake, Charles Romyn