gongs

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In fact since 2007, 20 of the 29 gongs awarded for Europe's player of the year has gone to one of them.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

More than 1,150 people received gongs in the latest list, which is decided by an honours committee.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

“Sky Islands” evokes the magical Philippines upper rainforests, where sounds scintillate in a thinned atmosphere that gives gongs new glories, where animals capable of great ascension exclusively live, where the mind is ready for enlightenment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

“Election Night” was free of blingy graphics, screeching chyrons and doom-soaked gongs and bells at the top of each hour.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2024

I could hear the drums and the cymbals and the gongs and brass horns.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston