: a bell or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outer door
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We rang the doorbell until someone came to let us in.
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In the April 2023 incident, Yarl, then 16 years old, rang Lester’s doorbell, mistaking it for the house where he was supposed to pick up his siblings.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old Missouri man who pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of a Black honor student who rang the White man's doorbell in Kansas City by mistake, has died, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
—CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
Andrew Lester — the 86-year-old White man who allegedly shot and wounded Ralph Yarl after the Black teen mistakenly rang his doorbell in April 2023 — accepted a plea deal on Feb. 14, according to reports.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 86-year-old Kansas City man will plead guilty Friday to the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the man’s doorbell by mistake, two people familiar with the case told The Associated Press.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old Missouri man who pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of a Black honor student who rang the White man's doorbell in Kansas City by mistake, has died, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
—CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
Andrew Lester — the 86-year-old White man who allegedly shot and wounded Ralph Yarl after the Black teen mistakenly rang his doorbell in April 2023 — accepted a plea deal on Feb. 14, according to reports.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 86-year-old Kansas City man will plead guilty Friday to the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the man’s doorbell by mistake, two people familiar with the case told The Associated Press.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Doorbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorbell. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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doorbell
noun
door·bell
-ˌbel 
: a bell, gong, or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outside door
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