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drumbeat

[druhm-beet] / ˈdrʌmˌbit /


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It’s easy to be cynical about earnings beat rates, but the drumbeat of positive outlooks is getting too consistent to ignore.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

These latest cuts add to a drumbeat of job losses across the Bay Area and Silicon Valley.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The past couple of years have seen a drumbeat of big companies announcing, to great fanfare, that they were requiring employees to spend more time in the office.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Neither side has allowed the steady drumbeat of military exchanges between them to end the talks being mediated by Pakistan, Qatar and others.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

I strode faster now, pounding the wooden planks like a drumbeat.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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