drumbeat

noun

ˈdrəm-ˌbēt How to pronounce drumbeat (audio)
Definition of drumbeatnext
as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once a dizzying drumbeat of interviews in the hours following her winning of the Academy Award

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Recent Examples of drumbeat These latest cuts add to a drumbeat of job losses across the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 The allegation was just part of a drumbeat of US criticism over the cartels’ political protection rackets. — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 Layoffs at the big platforms, hiring freezes, and a steady drumbeat of stories about software careers drying up. — Felysha Walker, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 Saturday’s match was missing the loud Latin passion and party atmosphere that South American teams’ fans would have brought; the near-constant singing and chanting to a steady pounding drumbeat. — Miami Herald, 12 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for drumbeat
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  1. barrage
  2. flurry
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  • The 2024 race pitted Scharf, then Trump’s personal attorney, against Bailey, who used his office to file a barrage of legal briefs in support of the Republican president.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In IconArrows pointing outwards Meanwhile, the daily barrage of news and headlines continue.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of barrage
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  • But Davis’s book is part of a flurry of statements and interviews that, investigators say, taken together amount to an admission he was involved in the murder.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Those conferences signed on and saved it from near death late last month after a flurry of negotiations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of flurry

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