peal
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Smith’s $5,000 donation proved a savvy investment: He owns two brownstones in Brooklyn today, Lee notes, with a peal of laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
For, in case you missed it, a peal of what may or may not have been the archangel Gabriel’s horn cut through the noise a few days ago signaling, ominous, that it’s time.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2023
The bells of Westminster Abbey will peal at 1 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023
More than 200 spectators gathered to watch the Coronation on a big screen in Jubilee Square in Brighton, while at Canterbury Cathedral, there was a prom, a live screening and a celebratory bell peal.
From BBC • May 7, 2023
Laughter broke out, enormous, almost hysterical, peal after peal, as though it would never stop.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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