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as in gangs
a group involved in secret or criminal activities
a ring of counterfeiters passing phony $20 bills
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as in circles
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
a gaming ring that meets once a week to play
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as in calls
a communication by telephone
give me a ring when you're ready to go
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as in surrounds
to form a circle around
tall cypress trees ringing the park
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as in orbits
to travel completely around
the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block
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as in chimes
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates
I didn't hear the doorbell ring
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Recent Examples of rings
Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Whether your baubles are gold, silver, diamond, or costume jewelry, here’s how to clean rings to maintain their brilliance and condition over time.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 23 Feb. 2026
Riley won six championship rings during his two decades in Los Angeles, including nine seasons and four titles as the head coach of the 1980s Showtime Lakers.
—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
According to the study, Saturn’s rings could have formed hundreds of millions of years after the event.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
Riley used those words to earn six Lakers championship rings, four as a coach, one as an assistant coach and one as a player.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
The Olympic rings illuminated in white appeared high on the stone stairs behind the stage, flanked by national flags, when one raised the flame in the center of the stage.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
There was also a selection of Première Mini watches, Ultra rings, handbags, ballet flats and sandals.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Feb. 2026
If one person always scrubs toilet bowl rings, resentment can build, so try to get ahead of that.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2026
Catherine Tansey, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
Both funny and deeply powerful, The Big Sick shows the reality of romance with a heartfelt love story that rings true.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
However, when considering the Chinese Communist Party’s national-level Military-Civil Fusion strategy, this restriction rings hollow.
—Jim Costa, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Leeds fans will have seen this dozens of times over the years, when a manager rings the changes in the cup and the resulting performance is off-colour.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
And yet the story rings a little false.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Payton’s perception of him then rings true in the present.
—Trevor Woods, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The sound of a third gunshot then rings out.
—Chris Looft, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
Spagnuolo won’t add to his collection of Super Bowl rings this winter.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
And yet the awabi marks the passing of the years by carving rings into her shell, treelike.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Whether your baubles are gold, silver, diamond, or costume jewelry, here’s how to clean rings to maintain their brilliance and condition over time.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 23 Feb. 2026
Riley won six championship rings during his two decades in Los Angeles, including nine seasons and four titles as the head coach of the 1980s Showtime Lakers.
—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
According to the study, Saturn’s rings could have formed hundreds of millions of years after the event.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
Riley used those words to earn six Lakers championship rings, four as a coach, one as an assistant coach and one as a player.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
The Olympic rings illuminated in white appeared high on the stone stairs behind the stage, flanked by national flags, when one raised the flame in the center of the stage.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
There was also a selection of Première Mini watches, Ultra rings, handbags, ballet flats and sandals.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Feb. 2026
If one person always scrubs toilet bowl rings, resentment can build, so try to get ahead of that.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
Cala Pregonda, Menorca Just an island over from the tourist-trodden Mallorca, Menorca feels a world away—a sentiment that rings even more true in the north of the island.
—Catherine Tansey, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
Both funny and deeply powerful, The Big Sick shows the reality of romance with a heartfelt love story that rings true.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
However, when considering the Chinese Communist Party’s national-level Military-Civil Fusion strategy, this restriction rings hollow.
—Jim Costa, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Leeds fans will have seen this dozens of times over the years, when a manager rings the changes in the cup and the resulting performance is off-colour.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
And yet the story rings a little false.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Payton’s perception of him then rings true in the present.
—Trevor Woods, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The sound of a third gunshot then rings out.
—Chris Looft, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
Spagnuolo won’t add to his collection of Super Bowl rings this winter.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
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