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Recent Examples of ding
Teams may ding Miller for being a 20-year-old freshman, but the Alabama guard's skill as an offensive talent is undeniable.
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Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Jan. 2023
Traditional lenders usually perform a hard inquiry that could ding your credit score.
—Tanza Loudenback, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
These aren’t quite as simple to load as laying your skis down on a roof rack, but ding your gas mileage less than any other option here.
—Ryan Wichelns, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2022
The tense configuration with stern Saturn and the moon could ding your reputation.
—The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
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Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Jan. 2023
Traditional lenders usually perform a hard inquiry that could ding your credit score.
—Tanza Loudenback, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
These aren’t quite as simple to load as laying your skis down on a roof rack, but ding your gas mileage less than any other option here.
—Ryan Wichelns, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2022
The tense configuration with stern Saturn and the moon could ding your reputation.
—The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ding
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Not only does Google enable 2G connections to be disabled where iPhone does not, but the Android-maker is now also launching a defense against these rogue cellular connections, warning when there’s any unencrypted connection or when a network is repeatedly pinging a phone for its identifiers.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Season 7, which wrapped this month, pinged between a number of different stories.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
19 May 2025
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Overall revenue likely came in light due to some combination of the choppy local media environment and multiple small-market teams among the last ones standing in the playoffs, which dented postseason gate receipts.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
2 July 2025
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Singapore, a major Asian financial hub, has taken a hit to its reputation after several high-profile recent cases dented trust in the emerging crypto sector.—
AFP,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
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Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel may consider offense-minded tight ends as interchangeable; then again, McDaniel’s offensive-genius card has tarnished a bit since 2023 and is up for renewal.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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His failure to overcome union opposition here is a disappointment, but doesn’t tarnish an otherwise noteworthy effort.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
26 June 2025
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This was a trial that would surely force many SUVs and pick-ups to tinkle a puddle of oil in fear—a steep volcano climb.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The background music, pleasantly tinkled nightly by a real person sitting at a real piano, mixes in pop melodies alongside the Broadway classics and jazz standards.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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Injuries blighted his past campaign and saw a massive drop-off in performances.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The brutalist federal buildings that have blighted Washington, D.C., for decades deserve the same fate as Carthage after the Third Punic War, and the nation’s capital is finally beginning to move on from these concrete monstrosities.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
29 June 2025
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In time, Ian started laughing at other things too: stories Eve made up about a cantankerous Russian named Boris, the word debris, pots clanging, keys jangling.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2025
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Next came a series of crashes and bangs, pots clanging and a thwacking sound like a broom hitting the floor.—
Suleika Jaouad,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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They’re woven into the tapestry of our front-yard memories—sticky fingers, crooked signs, and mason jars jingling with coins and all, but somewhere along the way, the simple tradition has faded.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025
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And that repeating first couplet — which comprises six of the poem’s 18 lines and occupied the first day of this challenge — will surely jingle in your pocket for a long time to come.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Bello plunked the leadoff batter, Jo Adell, and walked Chris Taylor.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2025
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Suarez was ejected after his 3-0 fastball plunked Ohtani in the shoulder area.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
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“Ding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ding. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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