drumbeat

Example Sentences

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There has been a steady drumbeat to honor Chavez after his death in 1993.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Firms large and small are shedding jobs, and there is a steady drumbeat of redundancy announcements in sectors ranging from automotive to factory equipment makers.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Foreign central-bank buying — along with a drumbeat of calls for lower U.S. interest rates and the potential long-term debasement of the dollar — is “very hard to stop.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 22, 2026

Most critical for Wasserman and Providence was the announcement of a sale itself, since it helped slow the drumbeat of artists speaking out and agents threatening to leave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

A mechanical drumbeat grew loud in the distance—the chop-chop-chop of a helicopter.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan