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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

By calling for the early review, the FCC allowed petitioners and ordinary residents to chime in on the stations’ operations and ABC network programming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

A chime brings the sound bath to its formal end, signaling us to reacquaint ourselves with the physical present, to officially “wake up.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Moss thought that Esperanza was going to chime in with a story or two of her own, but she still stood awkwardly off to the side.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Spiritual jazz and psychedelic soul are cornerstones of her sound, along with new-age accouterments like prayer bowls and chimes blended with instruments including Fender Rhodes keyboards and vibraphone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The council said the law required a 19:00 cut-off time for ice cream van operators to use their chimes, but it did not "prevent them from trading after this time".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“It’s so not casual,” Shawkat chimes in, helpfully.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Ethan finally chimes in with the most ambiguous of all emojis: the grimace.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

It also chimed with his wider brand of politics as a former union leader: standing up to powerful figures.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

That’s when veteran outfielder Teoscar Hernández chimed in from the corner of the room with one more word to describe the two-time defending World Series champions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I didn't even know that,” Miguel chimed in.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

There's a stirring ballad titled If The World Is at War, We Better Not Be; while the chiming guitars of Superficiality lend an optimism to Bono's affirmation that, "the news can't break us".

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

He went on to form The Smiths with Morrissey in 1982, defining an entire era of indie music with his intricate, chiming tones - rooted in British pop, while stubbornly avoiding cliché.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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

The sound bath and a chiming bell provide a resonant echo in which attendees visibly relax, most with their eyes closed.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

All the alarms go off at the same time—buzzing and chiming and ringing and shrieking—all much louder than I’ve ever heard them.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass


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