bell

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Recent Examples of bell Officials rang the alarm bell about an advanced new artificial intelligence model that could pose an unprecedented cybersecurity threat to the nation's top financial institutions. Matt Peterson,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 21 July 2026 Should schools ban phones from bell to bell? Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 June 2026 Connecticut’s General Assembly is now considering making bell-to-bell cellphone bans official state policy. Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bell
Verb
  • The staff member leading the group says the man cussed at them, shouted derogatory names and continued to reference guns.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • The Storm put out an apology after a team co-owner allegedly shouted insults at the girls during the game.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • These two characters have maybe two minutes of screentime between them, and yet a certain portion of the internet, and Elon Musk, have raged, gnashed teeth and howled to the wind about the way this denigrates a Greek classic.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • When giant hailstones start falling, or howling winter winds threaten to tear solar panels from the roof, the unprotected modules can do nothing but take the beating.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The rocker took a step back from his usual double duty as lead singer and guitarist, opting to shred voraciously as Robinson wailed on the mic.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
  • Fans wailed outside St James’ and Keegan stood on the steps to placate them, but then Les Ferdinand arrived and another Hollywood-upon-Tyne took shape.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • As Hwang and her partner placed the ticket on the car’s windshield and were returning to their vehicle, the vehicle’s owner approached, yelling expletives and ripping the citation to pieces.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • Witnesses said the men tried siccing a German shepherd on CBS News Chicago's photojournalist while yelling racial slurs, but the dog did not obey the command.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • At one point, Celeste’s mother started to cry while her father cast his eyes down.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • Rivas Hernandez’s mother began crying and her father looked down as the detective began describing the images.
    Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • The bells of Westminster Abbey pealed for an hour.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Lively conversations peal out from the many restaurants, cafés, and lounges where locals and visitors mingle late into the night.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • Hundreds of spectators gathered along Ocean Boulevard dressed in rainbow tutus, dresses and shirts, whooping and waving as the Long Beach Pride parade rolled past Sunday morning.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • Nearby, other passengers screamed and hollered for their lives.
    Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • Pedestrians holler their support and cars make way for the annual Juneteenth parade.
    Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Midwest Living, 19 July 2026

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“Bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bell. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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