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as in level
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
the greasy spoon restaurant was several rungs below the kind of establishment in which we usually dined
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as in baton
Scottish
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
the watchman usually carried a stout oak rung
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as in chimed
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates
I didn't hear the doorbell ring
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Recent Examples of rung
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2026
All of those tracks sat in the highest rung for an even 20 periods, and then stepped back.
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Apr. 2026
At the Morning Colors Ceremony on Friday, where a Marine bell was rung eight times and the American flag was raised, Brig.
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Betsy Badell,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The governor, in the meantime, tours the nation and world in pursuit of the next rung on the political ladder.
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George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2026
All of those tracks sat in the highest rung for an even 20 periods, and then stepped back.
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Verb
This has rung alarm bells in several arenas for the country, including the economy and national security.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Apr. 2026
At the Morning Colors Ceremony on Friday, where a Marine bell was rung eight times and the American flag was raised, Brig.
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Betsy Badell,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rung
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Downtown Sacramento businesses remain skeptical that the state’s July return-to-office mandate affecting roughly 95,000 employees will actually materialize, even as foot traffic sits at 85% of April 2019 levels and local leaders rethink the urban core’s heavy reliance on office space.
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Dybantsa was in a heated race against Darryn Peterson and Cameron Boozer to be the top pick as all three are projected to make immediate impacts at the professional level.
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Alite provided loans at exorbitant rates before threatening violence to collect on them, authorities said, citing the discovery in his home of metal knuckles, an expandable baton, six baseball bats and about two dozen knives, including switchblades.
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Officers can use voice commands, and if those don’t work options include pepper spray, a baton, a TASER or fire extinguisher, though some are more difficult to use on a fast-moving animal, the directive says.
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The bittersweet tale infused with humor and sadness chimed with the Cannes audience.
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Her brother-in-law Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi chimed into the comments section, dropping a string of red heart emojis.
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And that put him in position to score easily on Tommy Edman’s double to the center-field warning track for the first run of the game.
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Polling tells him that his moderate positions on important policies are popular.
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Jung, who is going into his senior year of high school, said SmartBlink can detect pedestrians using wheelchairs, crutches or canes, too.
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An individual bush can grow up to 15 feet high and 40 feet long, with thick stems, also known as canes, marked by sharp, hooked thorns.
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Ouija boards were enshrined in glass cases throughout the room; periodically, a small silver bell tolled without warning, moving as though on its own.
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Bells at Westminster Abbey—where his parents had married over two years prior—tolled continuously for three hours in celebration.
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Indiana, Missouri, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin rank among the states with the most jackpot-winning tickets.
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To survive and grow, more wealth management firms are chasing the surging ranks of the extremely wealthy and their more profitable accounts.
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The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled.
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Netflix and Amazon jingled all the way to some big audiences on Christmas Day, thanks to the NFL.
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“Rung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rung. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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