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Recent Examples of ping
Mike Stunson
july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Phones start pinging with alarming news alerts, lights start flickering, and panic strikes.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 26 July 2025
Setup takes minutes, and the app pings you if something goes wrong; no need to hover.
—PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
Leitha, appearing with Kerrville’s mayor and law enforcement officials, said he was notified about the events between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. — hours after the flash flood warnings issued by the weather service were pinging to cellphones, although not all residents said they were received.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 8 July 2025
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Verb
Those items were later found in the trash in an area where his phone had pinged.
—Mike Stunson
july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Phones start pinging with alarming news alerts, lights start flickering, and panic strikes.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 26 July 2025
Setup takes minutes, and the app pings you if something goes wrong; no need to hover.
—PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
Leitha, appearing with Kerrville’s mayor and law enforcement officials, said he was notified about the events between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. — hours after the flash flood warnings issued by the weather service were pinging to cellphones, although not all residents said they were received.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ping
Noun
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The orchestration — rich, fluid, and glistening with the vaguely exotic plinks of the cimbalom — has the plushness of an antique carpet.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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There’s also an experimental score by Daniel Blumberg made of bangs and piano plinks and noises that sound like a dozen balloons screaming.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Dec. 2024
Verb
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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,
19 Apr. 2025
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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
Noun
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Amid grills cooking savory barbecue, bubbles blowing from an ice cream truck, face painting and peals of laughter from kids in a nearby bouncy house, Justine Mosely Stephens was struggling not to tear up.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Amal wore a strapless white Tamara Ralph Haute Couture gown which was draped in peals from top to bottom, with some wrapped around her arms below the shoulder.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
Verb
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By the time Wood, the former Padres prospect who went to Washington in 2022 in the trade for Juan Soto, hit a three-run homer that clanged off the right field foul pole in the eighth inning to put the almost-final touch on the Nationals’ 10-6 victory, there was no real overt reaction.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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The Cats killed a third straight Oilers power play in the second, albeit with good fortune, as a Connor McDavid shot clanged off the goalpost.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
Noun
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The hotel has a full gym, with daily fitness classes including yoga, cycling, and stretching, and every Sunday there’s a sound bath experience with vibrations from crystal bowls, chimes, and a water drum to promote deep relaxation.—
Barbara Schuler,
Travel + Leisure,
30 July 2025
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The 50-millimeter white gold watches feature complications including a tourbillon and a minute repeater, which allows the time to be sounded by chimes.—
Ming Liu,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
Noun
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In return for parking a sizeable amount of cash into an illiquid asset, many NFL minority owners get perks such as access to tickets and gameday parking, Super Bowl rings, travel perks and locker room access.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Cardi finished off the ring stack with a custom Spinelli Kilcollin piece and a $15,600 Tiffany & Co. diamond ring.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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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One night, after clinking glasses, the name for the restaurant became obvious.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Though this installation of tintinnabulation has been a feature of the garden for more than a decade, some frequent visitors only noticed the chimes this summer, when a small crew recently installed them in a large linden tree adjacent to Parade Stadium.—
Kim Hyatt,
Star Tribune,
23 July 2021
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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2021
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“Ping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ping. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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