drum
Example Sentences
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And Southwest tried to drum up new bookings with this app pop-up: “With TSA wait times returning to normal, go ahead and book that trip you’ve been planning.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
They are also the first large CalMac ships fitted with Voith Schneider propulsor units - spinning blades that hang vertically from a drum - rather than traditional screw propellers.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
He was the drum major in his Granada Hills High School marching band, he told me, and he’s ready to lead.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
Members of the Republican Guard carried the casket draped in a French flag into the courtyard to the beat of a drum before Macron read a eulogy, saying Jospin fought for justice and freedom.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Time magazine was just one of many media outlets beating the geopolitical drum.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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