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Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
During a Monday, Dec. 2, press conference, the LAPD said that based on surveillance footage, Kobayashi made the crossing south of the border on Nov. 12, one day after the missing woman’s family said her phone had last pinged at LAX.
—David Chiu, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Another white shark, a 9-foot 7-inch male named Keji, pinged near the continental shelf off Ft. Myers in January, as well.
—Jon Chapman, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
Contender made an appearance on Super Bowl Sunday In its latest appearance, Contender pinged four times off the Volusia County coast near Bethune Beach on Sunday.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Emergency evacuation alerts have gone off the rails, pinging people seemingly at random.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
During a Monday, Dec. 2, press conference, the LAPD said that based on surveillance footage, Kobayashi made the crossing south of the border on Nov. 12, one day after the missing woman’s family said her phone had last pinged at LAX.
—David Chiu, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Another white shark, a 9-foot 7-inch male named Keji, pinged near the continental shelf off Ft. Myers in January, as well.
—Jon Chapman, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
Contender made an appearance on Super Bowl Sunday In its latest appearance, Contender pinged four times off the Volusia County coast near Bethune Beach on Sunday.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ping
Noun
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There’s also an experimental score by Daniel Blumberg made of bangs and piano plinks and noises that sound like a dozen balloons screaming.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Dec. 2024
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Plink, plink, plink go the rivets, with MGM's No Time to Die, rescheduled from Nov. 20 to April 2021 on Friday, being the latest to plummet earthward.—
Jeva Lange,
TheWeek,
5 Oct. 2020
Verb
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Splitting carries with Kareem Hunt dings Pacheco’s fantasy value.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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The timer also dings loudly, which some users may find irritating.—
Caroline Thomason,
Health,
9 Mar. 2023
Noun
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Instead, fans turned the nasty weather into a party, cheering louder at every peal of thunder.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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The heartwarming bond between a toddler and his chocolate Labrador retriever has captured the internet's attention, as the dog's playful antics sent the little boy into peals of laughter.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Sam Hauser had a chance to extend that lead moments later after Tatum stole a pass and sprung him for a fast break, but his wide-open dunk attack clanged off the rim.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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In the 2020 postseason, Tucker hit the left upright from 41 yards away on the opening drive and clanged the right upright from 46 yards before making a 34-yarder right before halftime of Buffalo’s 17-3 victory.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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During a sound bath (according to Gary’s website), various chimes and bowls are played in an intentional therapeutic sequence; the treatment may uplift the spirit, release stuck energies and rouse engagement with the surrounding environment.—
Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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And chimes that were installed a few years later signaled its presence to the neighborhood too.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Less pricey items include metal rings and necklaces with bids beginning between $25 and $50.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Swiss luxury brand created 15 high jewelry pieces, consisting of five pairs of earrings, four necklaces, three rings, a bracelet and a jewelry watch.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Maha season refused to mark its beginning, so the sounds of the irrigation tanks clinked and rattled through the city, promising water amid the drought.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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In the crowd, her husband, Jay-Z, clinked glasses with fellow nominee Taylor Swift.—
Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Though this installation of tintinnabulation has been a feature of the garden for more than a decade, some frequent visitors only noticed the chimes this summer, when a small crew recently installed them in a large linden tree adjacent to Parade Stadium.—
Kim Hyatt,
Star Tribune,
23 July 2021
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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2021
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“Ping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ping. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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