doorbell
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Amanda Presswood was in her upstairs bedroom last month when she checked her Ring doorbell camera to see if it was raining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The fridge camera can track your groceries, and the doorbell camera clears up any confusion around who might be at your door while you’re away.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Holly said her boyfriend had been sleeping as the fire took hold, and was woken by a stranger ringing the doorbell.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
This was around the time that Amazon's Ring, a doorbell camera firm, cancelled a partnership with Flock after an outcry over a Super Bowl advert which sparked concern about unwanted surveillance.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
I opened my mouth again, to demand more answers, but before I could say anything else, the doorbell rang.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
Reconsider your “smart” home: Cameras are becoming more and more common in home appliances, including in smart ovens, refrigerators, doorbells, and toothbrushes—even as people decry surveillance measures in public.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp wants to make it a requirement for officers to run images of suspects through facial recognition software, where they have been captured on CCTV, mobile phones or camera doorbells.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Researcher Felix Morsbach notes that intelligence agencies or cybercriminals currently have easier ways to monitor people, including hacked security cameras or internet connected doorbells.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026
Then powered by a glazed doughnut and extra-large energy drink, he zips around driveways in northern New Jersey and nearby New York, ringing doorbells, photographing doorsteps and hauling away the physical aftermath of holiday optimism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Michael can ring the front doorbells to keep the maids busy and Malachy and I can throw coal and turf over the walls and fill the pram all around Alphie.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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