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drumbeat

[druhm-beet] / ˈdrʌmˌbit /


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The steady drumbeat is itself a pressure tactic, a State Department official said, intended to create the impression that further U.S. action could be imminent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The negative drumbeat continued as the week stretched on, and panic from some corners of Silicon Valley spilled into the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

In the last week or so there has been a steady drumbeat of newsflow about the imminence of Anthropic’s IPO.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Breakdance posse The Rock Steady Crew are introduced with a blast of the Apache drumbeat.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

I pretend the pounding is a heartbeat, a drumbeat.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth




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