jingle
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The result was fairly ridiculous: more like a greeting-card jingle than a poem by anyone over the age of 10.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The frustratingly unforgettable Kars4kids jingle, which has been worming its way into listeners’ brains for decades, is officially banned from the airways in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
The jingle first aired in the 1990s and has been loved and loathed by listeners ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
The single opens with the sound of jingle bells being briskly rung.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
It was full of money--that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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In turn, an expanding roster of immersive, cinematic TV made the medium’s cheesy jingles and pandering copy look and sound discordant.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
Besides the trademark ATMs, the company’s vending machines found at many airports made loud, attention-drawing jingles, drawing dramatic complaints and jokes from TikTok travelers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
In television interviews, his wife and nine children sang campaign jingles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
The ball jingles and is bowled underarm along the pitch.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
My father jingles his keys and the change in his pockets while he talks with them.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Cards are being dealt, dice are rolling and slot machines flashed and jingled for the first customers who started gambling again early Thursday in Las Vegas and throughout the state.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2020
Bert jingled his black change purse with a sly grin.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2018
During Friday’s demonstration, nearly everyone in the crowd raised their arms, keys in hand, and jingled them together, a symbol of the peaceful protests of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that turned out the Communist government.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2018
We make repeat visits to Chili’s for the famously jingled baby back ribs or to Carl’s Jr. for the Western bacon cheeseburger. Chains deliver unique and specific flavors, tastes you can’t get anywhere else.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2015
Chico’s pockets jingled with coins, which he handed out if we did him small favors.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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Some walkers carried jingling shells to mark their previous participation in another very long walk: the Camino de Santiago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The bowler must ask the striker if he or she is ready and then yell "play" as the jingling ball is delivered underarm with at least one bounce.
From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025
He would start to say a few words only to be interrupted by the sound of jingling bells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2024
I had to go through a labyrinth of bolted doors to get to this kitchen - in the corners of the room, officers with jingling keys are looking on.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024
Even after I climbed in bed I’d sleep lightly enough to hear my father’s keys jingling at the door around midnight, and I’d go warm up his food.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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