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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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The 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.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Users can take an on-demand hearing test on their iPhone—the earbuds ping each ear with different frequencies at varying volumes.Christopher Null, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
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The car is dinged and dented, and the paint is chipping off the nose.Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
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Drugmakers such as Pfizer and Moderna are still recovering from falling Covid vaccination rates in the U.S., which have dented their profits over the last two years.Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Netanyahu’s testimony could further tarnish his image at a complicated time.Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Investigations revealed a lack of adequate time for thoughtful analysis, leading to catastrophic outcomes that cost the company billions and tarnished its reputation.Lisa Bodell, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Guests in silk blouses and slacks sipped scotch while the piano man tinkled the keys.Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
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That had to have felt like Old Man Winter tinkling on his shoulder.Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
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Bawumia’s manifesto also boasts of providing stable electricity for almost eight years after lingering power cuts that blighted Mahama’s first stint in office between 2012 and 2017.Nimi Princewill, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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Their current record is blighted by the 1-0 defeat to Porto in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 game, sticking out like a sore thumb amid their flawless Premier League form.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 10 Apr. 2024
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Metro Boomin’s clanging trap beat guides their flows, shifting from icy and spartan to lush and dreamy and back.Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
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There are all sorts of weird noises coming from the lake — like, clanging sounds — and Paris’s dog keeps barking at it for no reason.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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Clarkson’s tune jingles its way from No. 12 to No. 10, entering the top 10 for the first time, years after it was first released.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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This winter, tastemakers are jingling all the way with purses bedecked in handbag charms.Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
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The year is 2019; we’re plunked into the middle of a tense winner-take-all match between Josh and Art, with Tashi keeping an eagle eye on both men.Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024
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Instead, Roberts watched Hudson plunk slumping Yankees star Aaron Judge, give up a long single off the wall to Jazz Chisholm Jr., then walk Giancarlo Stanton to load the bases.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Ding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ding. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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