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chime

[chahym] / tʃaɪm /


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But for event organisers, the prices chime with wider trends.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Time stands still at the nearby burnt-out house of the Siman Tov family, where a wind chime dangles by the door.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Its tick was a low-key gurgle and the alarm a dignified two-bell chime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Jackson is just the latest star to chime in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

“Piper, you feel free to chime in, now.”

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

Mr. Evans chimes in that he’s not surprised at this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“That’s teamwork,” chimes in Castaneda, who has worked at Langer’s for 43 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

This trend chimes with the Gen Z and millennial mantra to bring your “whole, authentic self” to work, said Rebecca Thornton, a partner at talent advisory firm Spencer Stuart in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

This chimes with other research which suggests that men are twice as likely to invest in stocks and shares than women, external, and women are more likely to subscribe to cash ISAs than men, external.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

They walked through Seven’s yard, the sun making rainbows against the crystal wind chimes hanging from the trees.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Miller chimed in, “That’s the last thing you wanna do is get LeBron going here in this building.... And guess who’s playing peacemaker? Spike Lee! He’s over here playing peacemaker. Boy, I have seen everything.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Winer, whom Kao described as Navatek’s chief lobbyist, chimed in to say that Graham could stay only 45 minutes, and Kao replied that all they needed to hear was “yes.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The leaders of other major AI companies chimed in with supportive views on X. “I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

On the rare occasions when he chimed in, it wasn’t to ask Claude about the unintelligible string of equations on his screen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The bell over the door chimed as they walked in.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

And finally, they’ll discuss why Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s latest market tinkering has everyone chiming in.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

In the years that followed, whenever she popped up in the news, Trump couldn’t stop himself from chiming in.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

So they have been chiming in: Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, even the U.K.’s beleaguered Keir Starmer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

The Monterey Bay Aquarium marine biologist was among those chiming in with their assessments on the group, which is popular among local divers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

He has a point, but her mom or nanny or whoever is scrolling on her phone, not chiming in.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison


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