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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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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.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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After being rattled into 19 turnovers in Game 2, Orlando played with pace without panic — exactly what coach Jamahl Mosley demanded.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that rattled Wall Street last year, has been at the center of such accusations.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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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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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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The rivalry reached new heights when the teams clashed again in the 2012 Eastern Conference quarterfinals.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Some have previously clashed with Lamont over his fiscal policies.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 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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Steer ended up getting plunked on Thursday, retribution for his Jomboy-worthy fracas.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Jangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jangled. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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