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drum

[druhm] / drʌm /


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Ben made his predictions while he was sitting at his drum kit - and wrote them on one of his drums.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

The international performers who have become part of the “Stamptown” universe run the gamut from jugglers to steel drum players to acrobats to pianists.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

He said that publishing online can make work more accessible to new readers, although most people publish shorter excerpts to drum up attention for a book that readers will eventually want to pay for.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Mamdani spent his mayoral campaign last year beating the drum on affordability, singling out the high cost of housing as a driving force behind people leaving the city.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The drum roll mounts as she gains momentum.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Ben made his predictions while he was sitting at his drum kit - and wrote them on one of his drums.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

But what makes it familiar is that moment when the drums kick in and Dulli’s vocals are immediately in your ears, smooth yet commanding.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

He trades the plush G-funk popular in L.A. for a style more common in New York—all hard surfaces and rigid drums, with a barely-there melody that pings like sonar.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

In January Takaichi and President Lee Jae Myung jammed on the drums together, while Koizumi played ping-pong with his counterpart.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Some suggestions: an unaccompanied violin or cello sonata, a flute, oboe, trumpet, or horn concerto, Asaian or native American flute music, classical guitar, bagpipes, steel pan drums, panpipes, or organ.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

He has drummed with everybody and has these other interests and businesses.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

"Love Story" drummed up controversy -- and viewers -- with its revisiting of the A-list couple's courtship and untimely deaths, but it only earned six nominations.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Builders have also amped up marketing and drummed up discounts to make newly built homes more attractive.

From MarketWatch Oct. 24, 2025

Naroditsky's channel had nearly 500,000 subscribers, while his Twitch stream drummed up 340,000 followers.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2025

Daddy just drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, over and over again, tapping out some melody I couldn’t hear.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

He’s also been a major irritant to David Ellison and other top Paramount executives as the actor took a starring role, drumming up opposition in Hollywood to Paramount’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

"Freedom Suite," led by Rollins' confident sax and also notable for Max Roach's drumming, proved controversial enough that a reissue chose another title for the album.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

The York supporters were still singing, their drummer still drumming.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

The impulse to dismiss all this as a detector company drumming up business runs into an issue—Pangram actually works way better than you might think.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2026

Marcus Gladstone was drumming his fingers on the seat in front of him.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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