Definition of "drumbeat" []

• The sound produced by beating a drum. (noun)
• Vehement, persistent advocacy of a cause: "the drumbeat of criticism of the news media from the right” ( Michael Pollan). (noun)

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• "Spirituality has always been a motivating connector with Boomer population, and the steady drumbeat is only growing louder in our recessionary times."
• "This is a constant drumbeat from the Republican Left: "Craswell was extreme because we say she was extreme.""
• "This is a strategic narrative - part of a long-term drumbeat designed to bring identity "Christians" into the Republican Party."