Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gong
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La Cañada resident Trent Sanders, who frequently dings California’s liberal politicos in emails to me and my colleagues, thinks Trump is generally on the right track three months into his term, but with a few caveats.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
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Each application requires the card issuer or lender to pull your credit report, which results in a hard inquiry on your report and dings your credit score a few points.—
Dan Avery,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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The inning also got away from Suarez because of a ball that clanged off a glove and two balls that went in and out of gloves.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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His 25-foot, step-back clanged out with 9.1 seconds to play.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2025
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According to Verizon, Jennifer’s phone last pinged a tower near Waveny Park in New Canaan at 11:09 Friday morning, May 24, 2019.—
Rich Cohen,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2025
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Damaris told Dateline that just before 3 a.m., her daughter’s cell phone pinged about two streets down from their home.—
Anna Turning,
NBC news,
5 May 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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Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up and down wooden sidewalks with jingling spurs and holstered revolvers on their belts.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 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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Another smaller-scale way to protect plants is to strategically redirect your pet's attention, especially if they're tempted to tinkle in the garden.—
Maddie Topliff,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2025
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The pair clashed when discussing efforts for a Russia-Ukraine cease-fire.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
25 May 2025
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SmackDown’s two colossal stars clashed in a fantastic steel cage match that ideally will end one of WWE’s lengthiest feuds.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Jiayi Li Listen to this article · 9:35 min Learn more By Emma Goldberg April 12, 2025 On Instagram feeds, martini glasses clink in what feels like a never-ending loop.—
Emma Goldberg,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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To show that behind the wine glasses clinking in celebration, there are also tears, fears and moments of reckoning.—
Jessica Guerrieri,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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Lindor and Soto drew back-to-back walks, and Arizona turned to side-winding right-hander Ryan Thompson, who plunked Alonso to load the bases with no outs.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
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The meltdown began when lefty reliever Luis Peralta plunked Jonathan Aranda, and Taylor Walls laced a single to left.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Gong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gong. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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