dinged
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Higher fuel costs have dinged industry profits and left many travelers frustrated with flight disruptions and higher fares.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Another fan dinged James for being soft simply because he lived in L.A. for so long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The company ground through a number of challenges: the subsequent inflationary spike that dinged real-wage growth, a financial scare when Mejuri’s primary bank, Silicon Valley Bank, collapsed, and diamond-market shock after Russia invaded Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Rising yields offer a chance for new investors to jump in, but existing investors get dinged as their older lower-yielding bonds decline in value.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Somewhere, a bell dinged, and the British lady in the sensible shoes disappeared.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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