as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune
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Recent Examples of drum up
These conditions can drum up gale-force winds that in turn create large waves, Hill said.
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Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
In addition to the short’s various wins across festivals such as the Polish Film Festival and Krakow Film Festival, drumming up attention shouldn’t be an undertaking, especially considering the number of Hollywood insiders, filmmakers and actors who called for a ceasefire in the past year.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
In recent months, Boulos campaigned for Trump to drum up Lebanese and Arab American support, even as the U.S.-backed Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
—Andrea Shalal and Maya Gebeily, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
The families won nearly $1.5 billion after suing Jones for spreading lies that the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Conn., was a hoax meant to drum up support for gun control.
—Tovia Smith, NPR, 25 Nov. 2024
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Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
In addition to the short’s various wins across festivals such as the Polish Film Festival and Krakow Film Festival, drumming up attention shouldn’t be an undertaking, especially considering the number of Hollywood insiders, filmmakers and actors who called for a ceasefire in the past year.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
In recent months, Boulos campaigned for Trump to drum up Lebanese and Arab American support, even as the U.S.-backed Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
—Andrea Shalal and Maya Gebeily, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
The families won nearly $1.5 billion after suing Jones for spreading lies that the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Conn., was a hoax meant to drum up support for gun control.
—Tovia Smith, NPR, 25 Nov. 2024
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Plans are devised to miss an hour of work to catch the second half of an unexpectedly tight game between a ranked power conference team and a frisky mid-major.Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The grant money will initially go to the state of North Carolina, and the governor’s office will devise a plan for how to distribute it, HUD spokesperson Zachary Nosanchuk said.Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2025
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Topanga Ranch Motel: Also owned by the state parks department, the Topanga Ranch Motel was constructed in 1929 by newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst.Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The project will be constructed in phases on 2,000 of the 3,100 available acres south and west of the airport runways originally made available for a solar farm.Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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In what may well be a spy movie for actual adults, director Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp concoct a moody drama steeped in espionage, marital trust issues and, one hopes, prime opportunities for playing the pause, the side-eye and the steely glare along with the words.Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
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Years later, both young women said under oath that police pressured them, using aggressive interrogation tactics that led them to concoct stories about Cox that were not true.Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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As the political scientist Jeffrey Ding has shown, the dynamic U.S. system has consistently gained more from new technologies than even the countries that invented them.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The flying balloon had only been invented a couple years before, by French brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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