ring out
phrasal verb
rang out; rung out; ringing out; rings out
: to be heard loudly and clearly
A shot rang out.
Cheers rang out as the winner was announced.
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Rowe had no explanation for lawmakers about why authorities lost sight of Crooks between 5:51 p.m., when state police raised concerns about him to the Secret Service, and 6:11 p.m., when the first shots rang out.
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Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 July 2024
Secret Service agents swiftly whisked Trump off the stage after the bullets rang out and the gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was killed by a Secret Service sniper.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 July 2024
According to a statement from Richmond police, detectives uncovered that Marquez and Narvaez-Fernandez knew each other and that the gunfire rang out after a fight broke out at a party being held at a complex in the 3400 block of Richmond Parkway.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
On Saturday, just outside my hometown of Butler, Pennsylvania, gunshots rang out, thrusting the town into the international spotlight.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2024
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Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 July 2024
Secret Service agents swiftly whisked Trump off the stage after the bullets rang out and the gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was killed by a Secret Service sniper.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 July 2024
According to a statement from Richmond police, detectives uncovered that Marquez and Narvaez-Fernandez knew each other and that the gunfire rang out after a fight broke out at a party being held at a complex in the 3400 block of Richmond Parkway.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
On Saturday, just outside my hometown of Butler, Pennsylvania, gunshots rang out, thrusting the town into the international spotlight.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2024
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“Ring out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20out. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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