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Recent Examples of beep
The wand beeped, indicating that the fish carried a tag that Ward or a colleague had inserted into its underside during a previous capture.
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
When Dale comes by with Boss and the crew, they get poisoned, too, only saved from another worst-case scenario thanks to their beeping H2S detectors.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2025
If the Islanders won, my father would gleefully beep his horn on the way out of the Coliseum parking lot and listen to post-game radio the whole ride home.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
If there are any issues during cleaning, the machine will beep.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
When Dale comes by with Boss and the crew, they get poisoned, too, only saved from another worst-case scenario thanks to their beeping H2S detectors.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2025
If the Islanders won, my father would gleefully beep his horn on the way out of the Coliseum parking lot and listen to post-game radio the whole ride home.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
If there are any issues during cleaning, the machine will beep.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beep
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They’re revived — buzzing, even; at the glorious point in the caffeinated beverage where everything is beautiful, nothing hurts and at least one of them feels like a creative genius.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Smaller acts like Los Alegres del Barranco, Arsenal Efectivo, and Alta Consigna were already generating buzz in Mexican music.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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The unseasonable heat will linger into Friday, weaken slightly over the weekend and then dial up to scalding again next week, according to the National Weather Service.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The generation that grew up perpetually dialed into culture can’t handle not understanding what the internet’s obsessed with.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
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Our one peek into it comes when Darren phones Evy to pressure her to ditch her mom and come to a party.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Thirty-five years later, US Vice President Lyndon Johnson answered the first satellite call, and in 1969 President Richard Nixon phoned Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon using AT&T’s network.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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An hour or so later, the Macclesfield manager, John Rooney, telephoned him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Or telephone them at 202-772-5600.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Beep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beep. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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