drum
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He deadpans through a drum and bass club banger on “Nice Shoes / In Your World,” and finally nails the analog-synth richness of his beloved Stereolab on the bleary, lovelorn single “The Feeling.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The following track, “Death Wish,” is about the torment of a new love gone bad, and it unfolds over plucked acoustic guitars and a distant bass drum that sounds like a heartbeat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Burnham the mayor has beaten the drum for the new Liverpool-Manchester Northern Powerhouse Rail and the high speed Manchester-Birmingham line he worked up with former West Midlands Mayor Andy Street.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Foreign Tongues” also marks the band’s second LP with Steve Jordan handling drum duties in place of the late Charlie Watts.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Danny’s heart beat like a kick drum in his chest because he was on his own, he was breaking the rules, and he would do whatever it took to find his sister.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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He sang lead and played guitar, and was backed by Leroy Radcliffe on guitar, Greg “Curly” Keranen on bass and David Robinson on drums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
After recording drums at Cherokee Studios, the band relocated to Harddrive Analog & Digital Recording in North Hollywood to make the bulk of “Bleed American.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
But fans remained in high spirits, dancing to the beat of drums, singing patriotic songs and wearing shirts bearing the name of team captain and former Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The atmosphere around the stadium had been building long before kick-off, with supporters lining the streets draped in sky blue and white, beating drums, singing songs and posing beneath giant Argentina flags.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
He drums his fingers on the table while the other policeman examines Helena’s magazine cuttings on the wall beside the bed.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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Even without the adrenaline of a packed room, he drummed up a bidding war and ultimately sold Francis Bacon’s “Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus” for $85 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
"We drummed it up pretty good," Daigneault said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
Builders have also amped up marketing and drummed up discounts to make newly built homes more attractive.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
It was drummed into me when I was a BBC trainee journalist assigned to the Belfast newsroom during the Troubles in the winter of 1984-85.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Upstairs there was a large attic, pleasant to play in when the rain drummed on the roof.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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"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
Kpler’s maps have since blanketed television news broadcasts, social-media feeds and traders’ terminals, turning obscure ships into objects of global fascination and drumming up enormous business for the cottage industry that tracks them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Burnett: My favorite part of the drumming on the record is the choruses of “Baby Don’t Go,” where Ringo played something I never heard him play before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
The York supporters were still singing, their drummer still drumming.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
I could hear my heart drumming in my ears, but I told myself this plan would work out.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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