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pealing

verb

present participle of peal

as in ringing

to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration

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The cowbells weren’t the biggest problem from MU’s first road game — despite a new world record of 41,819 people ringing cowbells simultaneously set during the two-minute warning.

— PJ Green September 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
In a video geolocated by CNN which shows a neighborhood in Ontario close to the synagogue, police sirens and several loud gunshots can be heard ringing out.

— Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

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