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[druhm] / drʌm /


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Hyperscalers are still searching for the right tone to drum up support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The concert continued with the drummer’s longtime drum tech “Scoob” subbing for Castronovo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 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 drum of royalty, foretold two generations earlier, is now returning to its bearer.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

“A drum with sticks. A coach and four. An India rubber ball, and a nutcracker. Nothing remotely edible.”

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

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

And then it was concert time, with Densmore on drums and instructors Calderon on guitar, Flores on percussion and Mackenzie Azela on bass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

In 11 catchy tracks spanning only 36 minutes, prominent guitars play counterpoint melodies supported by bouncy basslines and drums that were, as Mr. Hyden puts it, “made to sound like a robot.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

After being allowed to return home, the pair saw the van doors had been "blown off" and their contents emptied, with water butts and oil drums strewn on the ground.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“When everyone is talking, it feels like drums in my ears.”

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

On Sphere’s escalators, grey-bearded lifers hugged in shredded battle jackets; tween girls in “Master of Puppets” hoodies drummed along to every fill; accents came from eastern Europe, Latin America and all the world over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 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

"We drummed it up pretty good," Daigneault said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025

Builders have also amped up marketing and drummed up discounts to make newly built homes more attractive.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025

“I’m almost never tempted to discuss my rank with people. Especially with little boys who don’t even look at me when I talk to them. I’d be drummed out of the bloomin’ service.”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

Taylor was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and was drawn to drumming from an early age.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

While throwing, the chimpanzees pant hoot — a loud, long-distance communicative signal — and sometimes repeatedly hit their hands and feet on the tree in a behavior called buttress drumming.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

Diles reclines comfortably on the instrumental configuration that makes so many rock bands sing: acoustic and electric guitars, bass, and the cool, angular drumming of Raúl Ponce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

At a launch party ahead of April’s Beijing auto show, Volkswagen unveiled four new EVs alongside thunderous Chinese drumming and a performance by a local dance troupe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

A snatch of turfy drumming, then I went flying over a ruck and the ground booted the air out of me and I got a glimpse of a leaping dog's flank.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell


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