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Recent Examples of ping
Rich Cohen, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
Damaris told Dateline that just before 3 a.m., her daughter’s cell phone pinged about two streets down from their home.
—Anna Turning, NBC news, 5 May 2025
Family members reported Thomas missing when her phone pinged in a different area, according to WWJ.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2025
When the tag failed to ping its location after detaching, Kajiura feared it was lost to the sea.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Verb
According to Verizon, Jennifer’s phone last pinged a tower near Waveny Park in New Canaan at 11:09 Friday morning, May 24, 2019.
—Rich Cohen, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
Damaris told Dateline that just before 3 a.m., her daughter’s cell phone pinged about two streets down from their home.
—Anna Turning, NBC news, 5 May 2025
Family members reported Thomas missing when her phone pinged in a different area, according to WWJ.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2025
When the tag failed to ping its location after detaching, Kajiura feared it was lost to the sea.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 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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As two peals of thunder cracked overhead, all live television feeds from the site went dead.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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Instead, fans turned the nasty weather into a party, cheering louder at every peal of thunder.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Next came a series of crashes and bangs, pots clanging and a thwacking sound like a broom hitting the floor.—
Suleika Jaouad,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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When the broadcast returned, Henley's ball was already halfway toward the hole, clanging off the flagstick and dropping in for a swinging eagle.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The service began moments after 12 p.m. local time, when the chimes of Big Ben, nearby, sounded.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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My new start up chime is this: stand in solidarity with the brave Microsoft workers who have done something truly disruptive and refused to stay silent.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Ripley and Bliss were among the final two to climb the ladder, but Naomi came into the ring and disrupted their momentum.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
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The writer-director finds a playful entry point by starting not in Manhattan but in a majestic rocky landscape where the only signs of life are a hot caveman returning from foraging and placing a makeshift ring on the finger of the woman waiting for him.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2025
Verb
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After more than two centuries clinking in pockets, lining dusty piggy banks and being flung into fountains along with a wish, the U.S. penny is preparing for retirement.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Even after hours in the hot sun, the ice inside is still clinking around.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
28 May 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 13 Jun. 2025.
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