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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Simple handclaps carry its harmonies, and a DIY drumbeat featuring a Coke bottle and an aluminum chair makes up its patchwork percussion.
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Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
Despite or perhaps because of such baseless claims, Mr. Bongino’s popularity soared as his podcasts and online posts were an insistent drumbeat of doubt about the election results.
—Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites American culture and beyond.
—Ronald E. Scott, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Since Trump's inauguration, the stock market has swung wildly, reacting to a constant drumbeat of on-again, off-again tariffs, federal layoffs and spending freezes.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
Despite or perhaps because of such baseless claims, Mr. Bongino’s popularity soared as his podcasts and online posts were an insistent drumbeat of doubt about the election results.
—Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites American culture and beyond.
—Ronald E. Scott, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Since Trump's inauguration, the stock market has swung wildly, reacting to a constant drumbeat of on-again, off-again tariffs, federal layoffs and spending freezes.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Drumbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drumbeat. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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