ring out
phrasal verb
rang out; rung out; ringing out; rings out
: to be heard loudly and clearly
A shot rang out.
Cheers rang out as the winner was announced.
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Chih replied just as shots rang out, according to the videos.
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
The driver, who hasn’t been identified, was midway through transporting a passenger near Texas Medical Center in Houston when about five gunshots rang out after midnight on March 12 and shattered the car windows, according to KTRK.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
There were no immediate arrests in the shooting, which rang out steps from the NYPD’s 90th Precinct stationhouse.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Gardner was pronounced dead two minutes after the shots rang out, faster than both lethal injection or nitrogen gas.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
The driver, who hasn’t been identified, was midway through transporting a passenger near Texas Medical Center in Houston when about five gunshots rang out after midnight on March 12 and shattered the car windows, according to KTRK.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
There were no immediate arrests in the shooting, which rang out steps from the NYPD’s 90th Precinct stationhouse.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Gardner was pronounced dead two minutes after the shots rang out, faster than both lethal injection or nitrogen gas.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Ring out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20out. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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