drumbeat

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Exacerbating this drumbeat was a rumor circulated on some pro-life web sites that Benedict would be presenting Pelosi with some sort of award - speculation that was quashed early this week by the Vatican spokesperson, Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi.

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

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  • Iain's heart hammered like a drumbeat, and he was so amazed by his absolute surrender to her, he couldn't move. —  Garwood, Julie - The Secret
  • And all the while behind us came the relentless drumbeat, the banked oars of the Serenissiman war-galleys churning double lines of foam. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
  • Her heartbeat still sounded like a drumbeat, as did his own. —  Garwood, Julie - The Gift
  • Indeed, behind the neo-conservative drumbeat is a raw political calculation: that if Barack Obama does not approve a major escalation in Afghanistan —  AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media
  • The drumbeat -- he's taken over the Times Op-Ed page: like David Brooks earlier in the week, Maureen Dowd gave him followed suit today -- has apparently had an impact.
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