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Verb
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The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026 -
Netflix and Amazon jingled all the way to some big audiences on Christmas Day, thanks to the NFL.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2025
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Authorities said Casey’s phone was pinged and later showed a remote spot between Thunder mountain trail and Nugget Creek trail, which prompted rescue teams to respond to the area of the ping.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Our buckteeth clinked painfully.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Glasses clinked; and at the center of it all was her very first ESSENCE cover, in October 2017.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
4 Aug. 2025
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Gibson then plunked Brandon Marsh on the right elbow with a 91 mph fastball before Stott connected with a drive over the right-field wall.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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He was plunked before a piano at age 3 and could play by ear by 5.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Musk’s xAI interests During cross-examination, Musk repeatedly clashed with OpenAI lead counsel William Savitt of Wachtell Lipton.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind the chatbot Claude, clashed with the Pentagon earlier this year over whether there were adequate safeguards around the military’s use of its technology.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Minutes after the fight ended, a lone 911 caller rang authorities to report the brawl.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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According to the arrest report, detectives then found surveillance video showing the outside of the victim’s home moments before the two kidnappers rang the doorbell.—
KFOX Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Dec. 2024
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The only recourse those unregulated bookmakers had when their Spidey-senses tingled was to simply stop taking bets on the suspicious game.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bells at Westminster Abbey—where his parents had married over two years prior—tolled continuously for three hours in celebration.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
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Since Eichenberg spent the 2025 season on PUP, his one-year contract signed to return to Miami at the end of his four-year rookie deal tolled into 2026.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Gonged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gonged. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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