chime

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The league is also expected to pass new rules that would give staff inside the NFL’s video command center in New York the authority to chime in with more penalty calls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Each date would last two minutes — a chime would alert the men when it was time to move clockwise to the next seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

“We’ll start and the other ones just kind of chime in and get it down the line. It’s getting cooler and cooler.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

However, the analysis shows another significant annual rise, and the figures chime with those provided by other monitoring groups.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

I struggled out of the compost heap and over the last wall, dangled in limbo as the third chime bonged, then dropped onto the drive that runs down the side of Mr. Rhydd's shop.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell