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drumming out



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As a 15-year-old in algebra class, he wrote the song “Kryptonite,” drumming out the beat on his desk.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2026

The Koni dampers take some of drumming out of the ride caused by the deeply treaded all-terrain tires.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2016

Fibrillating with indignation, Fred Faust sat down at a typewriter and began drumming out fiction at a rate unknown since Walter Scott dashed off the Waverley novels.

From Time Magazine Archive

One hundred and twenty presses are now drumming out 200,000 catalogs a day, will not complete their run until sometime in September.

From Time Magazine Archive

He tapped his fingers on the wooden table, drumming out a rhythm with them.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman




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