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On the walls, a few pots hang from a copper rod, a dinner bell waits to be jingled, and an ancient clock keeps time.
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The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled.
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Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news.
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As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.
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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.
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Last night’s incident emotionally rattled you, but tensions will cool in the coming hours.
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Like playwright Annie Baker’s warm, lush first feature, The Children’s Bach spins around a dreamy mother whose life is rattled by the appearance of a rakish rogue.
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The bell tinkled, but this time the shelves were empty.
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The old man bleated out a laugh.
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Ulloa stood up and clinked his glass to quiet the group.
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Our buckteeth clinked painfully.
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As Messi roared, his long-term rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, sputtered.
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The vacant plaza, including a former Stop & Shop and a former Bradlees discount store, was demolished in 2012, but progress on attracting new development sputtered in the years afterward.
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“Jangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jangled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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