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Recent Examples of bell
Should schools ban phones from bell to bell?
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Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Connecticut’s General Assembly is now considering making bell-to-bell cellphone bans official state policy.
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Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Connecticut’s General Assembly is now considering making bell-to-bell cellphone bans official state policy.
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Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bell
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One day while sitting on the porch, Sarah appeared out of nowhere, running towards them, shouting for them.
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The crew and the two witnesses said one of the three men got out with a dog and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at the photographer.
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Gary ad-libbed to the sound of howling winds and ominous metal scraping.
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Jingoists howled with rage that a foreigner—no, worse, a German—had got the England job.
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And what better way to celebrate than by having two women throw on boxing mitts and wail on each other in the middle of a street?
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Others complained their ears still rang from how hard their children wailed for AC, a plea the women denied them in the interest of saving on utility bills.
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Other people at the scene can be heard yelling that the cash was not evidence and did not belong to the officer.
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Interviews with the pilots, flight attendants, and fellow passengers revealed Cook had gotten up during takeoff and then ran forward while yelling, per the affidavit.
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Videos from these gatherings showing chanting crowds beneath concert lights, audience members crying, hugging strangers and dancing barefoot have racked up millions of views online.
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Mexico lost that game on penalties but Aguirre was not crying because of his red card or the result.
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The bells of Westminster Abbey pealed for an hour.
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Lively conversations peal out from the many restaurants, cafés, and lounges where locals and visitors mingle late into the night.
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The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages.
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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.
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Consider the field holler that became one of the taproots of American popular music.
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Fast forward to the semiquincentennial and Americans holler versions of that slogan through windows in real life, just on phones and computers.
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“Bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bell. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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