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Recent Examples of beep
If there are any issues during cleaning, the machine will beep.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
SFGate notes that many dogs fear the oven due to its unusual sounds, intense heat, and especially alarms or beeping.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
There was a difference between death that rolled in on a gurney, seeping through bandages, beeping on machines, and death that hovered vaguely, mutely beside you, ready to tap you on the shoulder, but not quite yet.
—Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
The 300-acre camp is equipped with a siren on its grounds that the county government installed years ago, high-tech radios and even a device in Mr. Rock’s office that beeps when there is a lightning strike nearby.
—New York Times, 12 July 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
SFGate notes that many dogs fear the oven due to its unusual sounds, intense heat, and especially alarms or beeping.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
There was a difference between death that rolled in on a gurney, seeping through bandages, beeping on machines, and death that hovered vaguely, mutely beside you, ready to tap you on the shoulder, but not quite yet.
—Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
The 300-acre camp is equipped with a siren on its grounds that the county government installed years ago, high-tech radios and even a device in Mr. Rock’s office that beeps when there is a lightning strike nearby.
—New York Times, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beep
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Continue reading … HOT AT COSTCO – September offerings at popular store have fans buzzing.—
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FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Guy didn’t overlap, guy didn’t buzz, guy didn’t carry three.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Sep. 2025
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Facing third-and-1 from Indy’s 38-yard line, Steichen dialed up a run play in the first quarter for Warren.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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For this look, everything — eyes, cheeks, lips — is subtly dialed up.—
Karina Hoshikawa,
Refinery29,
10 Sep. 2025
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Likewise, Trifunović’s voice performance as the devil in her ear is worth noting, as the Serbian actor’s lines never feel phoned in.—
Zachary Lee,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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The driver then phones the police, while arguing with officers at the scene.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Then, when she was most deeply worried about money, Goldie telephoned.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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Someone telephoned a Saratoga resident acting as a lender, claimed the victim was approved for a loan, obtained the victim’s personal information, and convinced the victim to provide money via gift cards as a requirement to obtain the loan money.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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“Beep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beep. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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