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Recent Examples of ping
Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
Her phone last pinged at the airport that day, but has not been found.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Shark trackers recently reported that a 1,400-pound, 13-foot great white shark pinged off a Florida beach four times in one day.
—Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
What investigators saw on video footage Two weeks after Abbi Schaeffer left her Northland home, detectives obtained a new series of warrants — including one that provided the authority to search the residence on Bridge Manor Drive where her phone last pinged.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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Verb
But the cold case suddenly heated up on Friday when Sullivan and his brother, John Martin, searched the pond in their tiny 6-foot-long boat and their specialized sonar equipment pinged a vehicle at the bottom of the pond.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
Her phone last pinged at the airport that day, but has not been found.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Shark trackers recently reported that a 1,400-pound, 13-foot great white shark pinged off a Florida beach four times in one day.
—Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
What investigators saw on video footage Two weeks after Abbi Schaeffer left her Northland home, detectives obtained a new series of warrants — including one that provided the authority to search the residence on Bridge Manor Drive where her phone last pinged.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 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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The timer also dings loudly, which some users may find irritating.—
Caroline Thomason,
Health,
9 Mar. 2023
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Teams may ding Miller for being a 20-year-old freshman, but the Alabama guard's skill as an offensive talent is undeniable.—
Michael Shapiro,
Chron,
19 Jan. 2023
Noun
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Within hours of arriving, what sounded like a distant peal of thunder rolled in—in this case, the rumble of a harmless, but still awe-inspiring, small-scale avalanche.—
Samantha Falewée,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Oct. 2024
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Many of the ringers wore earplugs or headphones to muffle the deafening peals.—
Joseph Wilson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 July 2024
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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What sounds like clocks, chimes, and bells fills the Project Room at Locust Projects but there’s so much more than meets the eye and the ear in Alba Triana’s site-specific installation.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2025
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The doorbell comes with an oval plug-in chime box measuring 2.8 by 1.8 by 1.7 inches, two mounting plates and assorted mounting hardware, adhesive mounting pads, extension cables for hardwiring, and a quick start guide.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In 2010, William proposed to Kate with his late mother's engagement ring.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Kravitz and Channing Tatum ended their engagement in the fall of 2024, confirmed after Kravitz was photographed out and about without her diamond engagement ring.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The couple dined on Taco Bell — one of Gomez’s favorite food places — and clinked champagne glasses while sitting on a picnic blanket.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
20 Dec. 2024
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The chaotic sounds of feet tapping, knives clinking, and electroshocks buzzing create anxiety throughout the film, but when Para One’s music plays, the film communicates that de Saint Phalle has reached a breakthrough.—
Sarah Belmont,
ARTnews.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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 2 Feb. 2025.
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