dinged
Example Sentences
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Critics dinged the Argentine squad for poor sportsmanship in the wake of the loss.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Some city leaders had also dinged the county for misusing homelessness money generated from a previous sales tax and argued this new pot of dollars would be handled no better.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
A suspicious spike in oil markets, Meta gets dinged, and OpenAI scraps Sora.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026
After the Ravens dinged him for his physical, it will be a difficult task for Las Vegas to orchestrate any new deal as favorable as the one it had struck with Baltimore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
I continued to think of him as being like an old copper pot—seasoned by fire, dinged up but still shiny.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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