ringer
Example Sentences
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The Sun leads with Andy Burnham's "dead ringer", who calls herself "Mandy Burnham" on social media, placed next to the new prime minister.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In an egg-and-spoon race, no one gets lonely or drunk, and there is unlikely to be a ringer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
If someone needs a receiver for intramural football, he can be the ringer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
"It was really fun for us to put them through the ringer and to basically have them look at each other and say: 'Are these differences too much for our partnership to succeed?'"
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
The ringer sounded again, its jagged noise filling the apartment.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
