has been drumming

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of drum (3rd person singular).
  drum

  noun

  a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.

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has been drumming

Green Day has been drumming up attention with a string of viral moments ahead of the release of the trio’s album “Saviors,” which drops Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

Nandi has been drumming for years, even though she’s only 9.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2019

Comcast executive Cohen, along with former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell and former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter, has been drumming up support for about a week.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2019

So far, the wind industry has been drumming up support in the Carolinas by arguing that building wind farms will create jobs.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 18, 2015

Then suddenly the thought of making a smoke came to me and then I improved on that idea and used the Morse code that Rob has been drumming into me.

From The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol by John Henry Goldfrap

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