drum up
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Another, Dolores Huerta, started talking, giving speech after speech to drum up support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
"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
China's animal lovers have now taken their fight offline and abroad, even putting up billboards in New York to drum up support.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The company’s marketing manager, Rajesh Rao, told me that he had just made a cold call to the VP for engineering of a U.S. company, trying to drum up business.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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