as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
I once spent a night in the clink, and it's an experience I don't want to repeat
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Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
But near the end of the assembly line, in a nook where pencils are imprinted with their logos, the sound is no more than the soft clink of the perfect little sticks falling into a heap.
—Danny Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
The tradition is met with applause and clinking cocktail glasses from Gumbo Limbo, where dishes like grouper tacos pair with tropical drinks like hurricanes and pina coladas.
—Brittany Anas, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Sitting on a stool in Café Jean-Paul on Lewis Wharf one May night in 1975, Mae Arnette gazed into the smoky darkness beyond the spotlight, where only the soft clink of a cocktail glass revealed the presence of her audience.
—Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
But near the end of the assembly line, in a nook where pencils are imprinted with their logos, the sound is no more than the soft clink of the perfect little sticks falling into a heap.
—Danny Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
Verb
The installation gave way to a cocktail party in the museum’s garden, where stemware clinked and diamonds worn by the likes of Hailee Steinfeld, K-Pop sensation Mina, and Gwyneth Paltrow glistened.
—Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
The tradition is met with applause and clinking cocktail glasses from Gumbo Limbo, where dishes like grouper tacos pair with tropical drinks like hurricanes and pina coladas.
—Brittany Anas, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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Noun
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Pretrial release allows people to hold down jobs and care for their families instead of awaiting trial in jail.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Most of the witnesses also recounted that Neely indicated a willingness to go to jail or prison.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Cabello would have fit right in on the Rabanne spring 2025 runway, where dresses jingled and jangled down the catwalk, including one that scattered flakes of gold leaf as the model moved.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
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Shimmering dresses dripping with embellishments jingled their way down the majority of catwalks — bad news for fans of the French exit.Scarlett Conlon, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
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Many of his top political allies were actually sketchy con men who eventually went to prison.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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The 2014 ballot measure, which Proposition 36 would partially repeal if approved, was billed by supporters as a key part of criminal justice reform in the state and to help with prison overcrowding.Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
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Soft music tinkled in the white marble lobby, where there was hardly a soul walking in or out on a summer workday.Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
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Gone is Greenwell’s glittering ceremony, the long sentences tinkling with semicolons.Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Garcia Glenn White was pronounced dead shortly before 7 p.m. local time at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, according to CBS News, The Associated Press, and USA Today.Sean Neumann, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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In Texas, Travis Mullis was pronounced dead at the state penitentiary in Huntsville at 7:01 p.m. for the killing of his 3-month-old son.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024
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But before the phone started ringing that day, Nancy was lamenting that the sky had been cloudy on the day of the solar eclipse — the last that would pass over England in her lifetime.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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In late September, Torri was driving down the highway with her 11-year-old son Junior in the back seat when her phone started ringing.Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
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Trump, who has held an edge on the economy in most polls, has been going full bore on the issue, proposing a bevy of individual tax breaks and general tariffs that could rattle the world of international trade.Tobias Burns, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Just before our trip began, a group of St. Louis Neo Nazis had draped swastikas on an overpass in an act of pre-election saber rattling.Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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What’s happening at these two Swiss institutions, this moment of reckoning, chimes with a movement across European museums.Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Here's how to set Halloween doorbell chimes for a couple of the main doorbell makers: In the Ring app, choose your device and tap Audio Settings and Chime Tones to find Halloween chimes like Dracula Theme and Creepy Laugh.Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Clink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clink. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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