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Recent Examples of ping
Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
Scottsdale officers checked the trailhead where she had last been seen and found her vehicle in the parking lot but failed to reach her by phone or ping her cell phone location.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 23 May 2025
Before the ball could ping off the base of the near post and in, the home crowd was already skybound, ear-piercing in their celebrations.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 3 July 2025
In a sea of health apps pinging you to meditate more and eat less, Noom is taking a different tack.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 3 June 2025
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Verb
The phone allegedly pinged near the tower on multiple occasions between July 2022 and mid-August 2022.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
Scottsdale officers checked the trailhead where she had last been seen and found her vehicle in the parking lot but failed to reach her by phone or ping her cell phone location.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 23 May 2025
Before the ball could ping off the base of the near post and in, the home crowd was already skybound, ear-piercing in their celebrations.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 3 July 2025
In a sea of health apps pinging you to meditate more and eat less, Noom is taking a different tack.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ping
Noun
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The orchestration — rich, fluid, and glistening with the vaguely exotic plinks of the cimbalom — has the plushness of an antique carpet.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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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
Verb
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La Cañada resident Trent Sanders, who frequently dings California’s liberal politicos in emails to me and my colleagues, thinks Trump is generally on the right track three months into his term, but with a few caveats.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Each application requires the card issuer or lender to pull your credit report, which results in a hard inquiry on your report and dings your credit score a few points.—
Dan Avery,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Amid grills cooking savory barbecue, bubbles blowing from an ice cream truck, face painting and peals of laughter from kids in a nearby bouncy house, Justine Mosely Stephens was struggling not to tear up.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Amal wore a strapless white Tamara Ralph Haute Couture gown which was draped in peals from top to bottom, with some wrapped around her arms below the shoulder.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
Verb
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One plot point is underscored by clanging church bells that definitely don’t exist on this empty stretch of land.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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In time, Ian started laughing at other things too: stories Eve made up about a cantankerous Russian named Boris, the word debris, pots clanging, keys jangling.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The swelling sound, produced by trumpets of all sizes plus timpani, chimes, and other percussion, made for a rather magnificent start.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
22 July 2025
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When leaving the store, be sure to head across the street right before the hour to watch the clock chime—Mr. Fortnum pops out to bow to Mr. Mason. For Foodies Although English cuisine is often overlooked, London is a surprisingly robust foodie destination.—
Ellen LeCompte,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Wilson, 33, and the team at The Jewelry Group, Inc. first met up in January, and over the next several months created what is now a starting collection of charm necklaces, earrings, rings, boot bracelets, hat brim bling and collar tips.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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Paul Levesque, a 14-time WWE World Champion best known in the ring as Triple H and WWE’s chief content officer since 2022, serves as the narrator of the docuseries.—
Jim Varsallone,
Miami Herald,
28 July 2025
Verb
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In the final moments of the broadcast, she was shown clinking glasses with Jay-Z as his wife, Beyoncé, accepted the night's top honor, album of the year, for the first time.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Here, on starry evenings, there’s something wonderfully nostalgic about choosing a blockbuster from Calcot’s mammoth DVD library, strolling back to your cozy bolthole, and clinking a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon to the sound of a crackling fireplace—pure, country, bliss.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
2 July 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 5 Aug. 2025.
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