clangoring

verb

present participle of clangor
as in clashing

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  1. clashing
  2. tingling
  3. jingling
  4. crashing
Verb
  • The series starred Thompson, who also executive produced, as a former news anchor, who returns to her small town in Georgia to report on a murder and ends up clashing with her ex-husband, played by Bernthal.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Overton inherits an agency that has fired more than 3,000 staff in the past year, whose last commissioner resigned after clashing with the White House.
    — Julie F. Kay, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of clashing
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  • Your spidey-senses start tingling as the game winds down, and something just tells you to start rolling the camera.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • His legs and feet have begun to regain some feeling and tingling sensations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of tingling
Verb
  • The Household Cavalry, on dark horses and with brightly shining breastplates, trotted past, jingling like a cutlery drawer.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • The hiker then begins jingling bells in the bear's face in an attempt to scare it off, but the bear charges forward.
    — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of jingling
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  • But alas, eventually all involved have to get down to business and actually contend with the plot beats of Hoover’s story, which is when the movie careens off a cliff, plummeting past so-bad-it’s-good and crashing on the rocks of agonizingly dumb.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier test flights ventured no farther than the Indian Ocean halfway around the world, often crashing in flames and briefly skimming space.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of crashing
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“Clangoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clangoring. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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