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The court heard the victim pulled over to collect eggs from a shop, but stopped his car suddenly when he heard a loud beep.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

And, I promise, if the apocalypse actually comes, you can still beep me.”

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

At that point, sound effects beep to signal the start of a new game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

Now the vehicles only beep when there is someone or an object behind them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

She could hear signs of life in far-off rooms—the low mumble of a TV commercial, the beep of a microwave running down its count—but distantly, as if in a dream.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Tina Tallon, a professor of artificial intelligence and music composition at The Ohio State University, explains that a "click track" features clicks or beeps such as a metronome, or other cues to capture rhythm.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Clocky, a wheeled device that made its debut about 20 years ago, hops off a bedside table and beeps as it zooms around the room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

My days are filled with the beeps and growls of bulldozers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025

“It’s not straightforward,” says David Clarke, a fisheries expert at Swansea University who was funded by EDF to monitor high-frequency beeps fired at tagged shad to see if they swam away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

But first we have to walk through all the beep beep beeps it takes to get to the cancer ward.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds

As they walked, several drivers beeped in support, including Reggie who was not a taxi driver.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

Shortly afterwards, mobile phones beeped in unison as a missile alert came in and the wail of sirens started up.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

Machines beeped and whirred as my husband laid on the hospital bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

The craft beeped awake, arched its hawklike shoulders, and whined off into the valley.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2024

The tablet beeped once, then the line started ringing.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

The sets have too many doors, the scenes have a delirious number of extras and the actors yell their lines over the distracting clatter of crackling fireplaces, beeping machines and ticking clocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The location of these large, windowless buildings filled with beeping servers and cables also became important to latency – the time it takes for data to travel from its source to its destination.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Tips for those feeling addicted to a beeping, chirping device.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The low hum of cars passing and horns beeping in the distance gives me a sense of safety; I’m never alone.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026

Standing there in the middle of all those rushing people and beeping machines and big rolling hospital beds like rafts down the river of the hallway to just be held by my mom.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz