bell

Example Sentences

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Anticipated for June 12, the IPO will be so big that SpaceX shares aren’t expected to even open for trading until hours after the 9:30 opening bell.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

He strategically delayed his alarm bell until his Bharatiya Janata Party won a landmark election in West Bengal state, India’s fourth-most populous.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Though this hasn’t yet reached the scale of a pandemic, it’s essentially an alarm bell for any country that values human life.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

JW: A lot of the money we were raising was going straight into restoration, a stained-glass window here, the bells in the bell tower there, a broken monument restored.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

I thought so too, though I doubted they’d stolen the bell rope for plow lines.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck