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strum

[struhm] / strʌm /
VERB
tweak
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Starting from when he was 11 years old, Armenta would write lyrics in journals and strum along to the guitar his brother bought him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Worries escalated as this new cohort of generative AI tools threatened the livelihoods of people who write, draw, strum or code for a living.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

She briefly began to strum her guitar again before hastily exiting the stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

She doesn’t want a rupture; as the production ascends from a modest folk-rock strum to a big harmony chorus, she only hopes honesty will clear the air, so “I can love you better.”

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Your banqueting young lords are here in force, I gather, from the fumes of mutton roasting and strum of harping—harping, which the gods appoint sweet friend of feasts!”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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