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Recent Examples of ping
Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2025
The ball whipped around the floor, pinging from the ball handler to the roller to the corners.
—Jovan Buha, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Authorities previously pinged a missing phone to the area, located near the Firestone Library, where he was last seen on Saturday, April 19, at approximately 6 p.m. local time, according to a Tiger Alert emailed to students on Tuesday, April 22.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Police were initially able to ping the device’s location but later learned Post had allegedly removed part of the device, leaving it inoperable, according to state police.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
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Verb
According to the warrant affidavit, Carmody was found in a wooded area in New York after authorities pinged the location on his cell phone.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2025
The ball whipped around the floor, pinging from the ball handler to the roller to the corners.
—Jovan Buha, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Authorities previously pinged a missing phone to the area, located near the Firestone Library, where he was last seen on Saturday, April 19, at approximately 6 p.m. local time, according to a Tiger Alert emailed to students on Tuesday, April 22.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Police were initially able to ping the device’s location but later learned Post had allegedly removed part of the device, leaving it inoperable, according to state police.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 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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As two peals of thunder cracked overhead, all live television feeds from the site went dead.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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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 inning also got away from Suarez because of a ball that clanged off a glove and two balls that went in and out of gloves.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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His 25-foot, step-back clanged out with 9.1 seconds to play.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2025
Noun
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My new start up chime is this: stand in solidarity with the brave Microsoft workers who have done something truly disruptive and refused to stay silent.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
21 May 2025
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Composed by Brian Eno, the chime was almost twice as long as what Microsoft designers had originally envisioned.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Modules are premade individually and then connected with outdoor walkways that all sit on a pin foundation with a ring beam producing walkways and decks as in between space.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Now, a ring sits four wins away after Oklahoma City thundered past the Timberwolves in a decisive 124-94 Game 5 win at home last night.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
Verb
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Jiayi Li Listen to this article · 9:35 min Learn more By Emma Goldberg April 12, 2025 On Instagram feeds, martini glasses clink in what feels like a never-ending loop.—
Emma Goldberg,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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To show that behind the wine glasses clinking in celebration, there are also tears, fears and moments of reckoning.—
Jessica Guerrieri,
People.com,
9 May 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 4 Jun. 2025.
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