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Recent Examples of ping
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Other national polling averages show that the race for the battleground states has pinged back-and-forth between the candidates, showing that the election will be razor-thin once the votes have been added up.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Oct. 2024
Nor did Global Intelligence explain exactly how the system determined that Mendoza’s cyber profile had pinged the wireless devices near 1228 Fifth Avenue.
—Todd Feathers, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
Just a few hours later, the teen’s phone was pinged by police and her location was identified.
—Marquise Francis, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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The film follows chef Almut (Florence Pugh) and her husband, Tobias (Andrew Garfield), tracking their love story across time and pinging back and forth from their meet-cute to her eventual death from cancer within its non-linear timeline.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Other national polling averages show that the race for the battleground states has pinged back-and-forth between the candidates, showing that the election will be razor-thin once the votes have been added up.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Oct. 2024
Nor did Global Intelligence explain exactly how the system determined that Mendoza’s cyber profile had pinged the wireless devices near 1228 Fifth Avenue.
—Todd Feathers, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
Just a few hours later, the teen’s phone was pinged by police and her location was identified.
—Marquise Francis, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ping
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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
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In the finished dish, the gentle heat of the curry and the sweetness of the warm pudding were offset by the cool, tangy white sauce and a salty plink of caviar at the end of each bite.Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
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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
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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
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Later, Emma’s on a smoke/phone break when the tender starts clanging against the boat.Emma Soren, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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Danger bells ought to be ringing and clanging. Giving up your thinking to generative AI is bad news when done without suitable awareness and realization of the downsides involved.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Here's how to set Halloween doorbell chimes for a couple of the main doorbell makers: In the Ring app, choose your device and tap Audio Settings and Chime Tones to find Halloween chimes like Dracula Theme and Creepy Laugh.Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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Camouflage too, naturally, is prevalent in the book’s pages, while the sunglasses that appear chime with more experimental designer fashion.Zoe Whitfield, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
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Enjoy the mirror-still water from the fire ring, or hop aboard the kayaks that come with the property for a scenic paddle.Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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In March, Johnson went on Kirk’s show to kiss the ring.Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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With the sound of clinking wine glasses, tastes of inventive veggies, and the voice of an award-winning chef, the Courier Journal's new dinner series kicked off Sunday at a popular Highlands restaurant.Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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Tears flooded Ye’s eyes as the group clinked glasses of champagne at 9:30 a.m.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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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 21 Nov. 2024.
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