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Fabi and I would take turns, I’d play a synthesizer melody and she would strum guitar chords, searching for rhythmic ideas; sometimes we’d just shout at each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

He began at midday on Wednesday and with a plan to strum his last chord at 18:00 BST on Thursday, he could end up beating the previous official record by six hours.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

It’s also true that Don is rock’s first great rhythm guitarist, his strident acoustic strum powering ”Wake Up Little Susie” and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025

At the 1969 Montreal recording of “Give Peace a Chance,” only two acoustic guitars strum along.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

Beside him, seven-foot-tall twins strum hologram guitars and sing a song of gratitude for safe sisters and two-spirit relatives.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Except that there aren’t any Ed Sheeran things like this: a single, unbroken camera shot of the ginger-haired English songwriter as he walks, runs, sings and strums his way around New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

“KPop Demon Hunters” strums some the same chords in a more innocent key, swapping in a K-pop trio for Delta blues masters.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2025

On X, images that appear to be AI-generated depict Swift hugging Trump, holding his hand or singing a duet as the Republican strums a guitar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024

He strums the guitar and softly delivers the lines:

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2024

Leaning against a wall of the colmado, he strums the stock with eyes shut, singing songs to himself under his breath.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Monday strummed on a guitar and also went to a shopping mall destroyed by a Russian strike as he visited Kyiv to show his country's support for Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Over a wheezing harmonica and lightly strummed guitar, the title character sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

She persuaded me to play a cajón for the first time as she strummed her guitar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

String quartets strummed their way through classical covers of pop hits.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026

I made a simple chord and strummed it.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“It has none of those elements one sees so often: festivals of wrought iron, little Juliet balconies, guitars strumming in every corner,” he recalled in his 1998 interview.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

But her guitar was banned from the set - so she made the beat by strumming her acrylic nails together.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Chip falls in with a troupe of street performers, evades the police, juggles along the Seine and eventually wanders into a smoky bar, where Penelope is strumming her guitar.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

“Too many people that don’t know Mississippi think of it as a river, steamboats and some old guy strumming a banjo on a broken porch,” says Mr. Carswell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

Somewhere, though the train is in motion, somebody is strumming a guitar, singing “México lindo y querido,” an old song Papi sang in our milpita.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads