drumbeat

Example Sentences

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News of the planned Disney job cuts add to the ongoing drumbeat Hollywood has endured for the last few years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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

Meanwhile, a drumbeat of defections have given the party a dose of that elusive political currency: momentum.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Abby dances to the drumbeat for a minute as we pass, and then we bust out the side door near the soccer fields.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli