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Recent Examples of ding
Unlike Caitríona Balfe in Belfast or Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans, Hathaway’s performance as a PTA mom is not concerned with being lovable, though that may ding her in what is, at heart, a high-school popularity contest.
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Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
These aren’t quite as simple to load as laying your skis down on a roof rack, but ding your gas mileage less than any other option here.
—Ryan Wichelns, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2022
When a store card make sense Applying for too many lines of credit can also ding your credit score, so choose carefully.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2022
The higher rates ding home affordability but also might be holding back home sales.
—Christine Romans, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
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Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
These aren’t quite as simple to load as laying your skis down on a roof rack, but ding your gas mileage less than any other option here.
—Ryan Wichelns, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2022
When a store card make sense Applying for too many lines of credit can also ding your credit score, so choose carefully.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2022
The higher rates ding home affordability but also might be holding back home sales.
—Christine Romans, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
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That call was pinged in the area of the Charles Hall Bridge on the Cherahola Skyway in Tellico Plains, a small mountain town in Tennessee with a population of about 800 people.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Users can lock in a minimum and maximum target temp with an alarm so the thermometer will ping when the meat dips below or rises above a certain temperature.Lizzy Briskin, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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In William Friedkin’s 1972 original, science and modern medicine are completely powerless to dent the demon who has possessed the innocent victim, leaving it up to the patriarchal Catholic Church to take on Pazuzu (and forge its own Reaganomics).David Colman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Still, delays in diagnosis and treatment during the pandemic and disruptions in employment and insurance could dent that progress.Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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The extremely negative reception to their most recent games, Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017) and Anthem (2019), tarnished the developer that was once seen as one of the most beloved in the industry.Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
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Such bribery tarnishes the reputation of the American arms sale industry.Charles Tiefer, Forbes, 28 Oct. 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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Yet injuries have seriously blighted his progress since that era, with a similarl lack of playing time forcing him to push for a loan move to Brighton last term on the watch of Flick's predecessor Xavi Hernandez.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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In its day, Emmanuelle spawned a string of sequels, each reputedly worse than its predecessors, while star Sylvia Kristel became so immediately famous for taking off her clothes that the expectation blighted her entire career.Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
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Later, Emma’s on a smoke/phone break when the tender starts clanging against the boat.Emma Soren, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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Danger bells ought to be ringing and clanging. Giving up your thinking to generative AI is bad news when done without suitable awareness and realization of the downsides involved.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 30 Sep. 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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For my detailed analysis of why and how biases get plunked into generative AI, and ways to prompt your way around it, see the link here.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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That deluge isn’t letting up: As of Friday, advertisers have plunked more than $65 million on future presidential ad reservations in the Keystone State alone, according to AdImpact.Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Ding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ding. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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