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Recent Examples of beep
On the morning of Friday, Sept. 27, as reports of flooding were becoming widespread, Buncombe County issued a mandatory evacuation order that beeped into phones via the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System, or IPAWS, FEMA’s system for local emergencies.
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
The explosions targeted the militant and political group Hezbollah, after the devices had reportedly begun beeping and heating up.
—Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
Metal detectors beeped across a quiet, five-acre plot of forest and field on England's eastern Suffolk coast as dozens of American and British service members sifted clumpy, wet soil from a deep impact crater.
—Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2024
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US published 20 September 2024
At 3:30 pm on Tuesday, hundreds of pagers across Lebanon began beeping.
—Rafi Schwartz, theweek, 20 Sep. 2024
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
The explosions targeted the militant and political group Hezbollah, after the devices had reportedly begun beeping and heating up.
—Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
Metal detectors beeped across a quiet, five-acre plot of forest and field on England's eastern Suffolk coast as dozens of American and British service members sifted clumpy, wet soil from a deep impact crater.
—Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2024
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US published 20 September 2024
At 3:30 pm on Tuesday, hundreds of pagers across Lebanon began beeping.
—Rafi Schwartz, theweek, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beep
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My cousin, for example, lives with four other twenty-somethings in a messy, buzzing apartment that’s not so different from college.Ivy Becker, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
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The globe’s biggest Afropop stars throw their own shows back home or headline massive festivals, events of all kinds abound, beaches get packed out with buzzing groups of friends and family, and for many, schools close, work slows, and the joyful gatherings seem never ending.Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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Groups are also dialing up the pressure on Congress.Aris Folley, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
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In fact, there are several big reasons why—even if corporate sustainability requirements are dialed back considerably under a new U.S. administration—most companies will continue to invest in sustainability.Mary Foley, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Listeners around the country are encouraged to phone in to Farm Radio Trust’s call center afterward with thoughts or questions, thus continuing the dialogue.Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
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Six of his seven children phoned him Monday, gathering around a cake and singing their dad the birthday song, a family moment that his son, Justin, shared in an Instagram reel, while the seventh phoned in via a separate FaceTime, People reported.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Visitors can play with a tin can telephone or connect to the museum’s general store on a working candlestick phone.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
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Anyone with information is asked to telephone the sheriff’s department at (323) 890-5500.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Beep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beep. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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