as in to ring
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates
the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration
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Recent Examples of peal
Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Early risers and those late to bed reaped rewards in Washington on Friday as the pre-dawn hours crackled with lightning and pealed with thunder, providing an atmospheric overture to one of the landmarks of our summer.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Squeezing in the more than 100 additional components necessary to have a modern-style wristwatch strike with pinpoint accuracy and rich, clear peals — each watch sounds subtly different — is considered the height of horological craft, and most companies abandoned such complex models long ago.
—Nancy Hass, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
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Verb
Minutes later, more explosions peal through the air, as the Israeli military responds to the source of the fire.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Early risers and those late to bed reaped rewards in Washington on Friday as the pre-dawn hours crackled with lightning and pealed with thunder, providing an atmospheric overture to one of the landmarks of our summer.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
Noun
Each peal echoed in the hushed chapel, signaling the end of Brown’s watch.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Squeezing in the more than 100 additional components necessary to have a modern-style wristwatch strike with pinpoint accuracy and rich, clear peals — each watch sounds subtly different — is considered the height of horological craft, and most companies abandoned such complex models long ago.
—Nancy Hass, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peal
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Malibu resident Jessica Davis is part of an army of volunteers determined to help the tens of thousands of animals displaced by the deadly, destructive blazes Comments Ever since the Palisades Fire tore through her Malibu community on Jan. 7, Jessica Davis’s cellphone has been ringing nonstop.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Season 1 introduced Peter as a low-level FBI agent stationed in the White House basement, tasked with manning an emergency hotline for undercover spies, which never rings.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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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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But his comments chime with a wider, interventionist tone towards Europe coming from the new administration, and could set up Musk for a role as an interlocutor.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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This chimes with a recent report from the Wall Street Journal which claimed that the iPhone 17 Air will likely cost around $899.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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That was a fantastically exciting ding-dong 2-2 — with Atletico missing a 99th penalty and eventually being eliminated from the Champions League after the group stage.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Not a very productive interrogation … that is until there’s a ding-dong at the door.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2024
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The move amounts to a death knell for one of President Joe Biden’s biggest initiatives to help Americans whose lives have been hampered by crushing student debt.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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In retrospect, future analysts may see the 2024 election as the death knell for the Democratic Party's viability in rural America.—
G. Elliott Morris,
ABC News,
12 Dec. 2024
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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
Noun
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Jimenez then proceeds to conduct what can only be described as ASMR torture upon Tommy — complete with rattling chains, smooth hammer sounds, gasoline pouring, and the swift clang of a nail into the upper thigh (oww).—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
12 Jan. 2025
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To hear the clang of the bell, inch toward the middle of the ring and hurl his right fist at the other man?—
Alec Lewis,
The Athletic,
1 Jan. 2025
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The pressurized rattle of a hose spigot warns of imminent disaster.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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This includes everything parents could need for their little one, including bottles, a bottle warmer, cribs, rattles, strollers, special tubs, toiletries, and more.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Nov. 2024
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“Peal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peal. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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