ping

We might play ping pong or a board game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

It was a rare, unexplained, glitch in a system that blares out warnings of incoming attacks multiple times a day through loudspeaker announcements on the street and metro, and the collective ping of phone notifications.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

In Australia, Surfshark’s ping times ranged from 281 to 422 ms, while NordVPN’s latency was lower — between 292 and 406 ms — based on test data.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

“Chalamet made the comment on a press tour for his movie about ping pong”—not a sport known for setting attendance records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

“I left a message a while back. It’s a 646 number. So you can ping me if you detach—unattach, whatever it is. Okay?”

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

This is the kind of charge that pings around the internet but usually goes nowhere.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

After serving the search warrant on the phone provider, Rodriguez obtained GPS location pings associated with T.F.’s cellphone that showed he was in Utah.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The soundtrack is a series of bleeps and pings as fresh data is fed to dozens of men in T-shirts and hoodies hunched over joysticks and keyboards.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

If the phrasing pings on your internal generative AI radar, you’re not alone.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

That can be hard to do, the experts told me, when people are so accustomed to the constant stream of pings and external noises.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Before the date, I was about to recite my fourth affirmation when my phone pinged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

I’ve worked for many, and I know the distinct frustration of being pinged with, “Just checking in!” less than an hour after being asked how something is “coming along.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Kim said Rinderknecht’s phone first pinged in a small gully near where they believe the fire originated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Canadian women's skip Rachel Holman was pinged for a double touch.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

The record pinged away at us just about every class.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

When his phone finally sprang to life, it was pinging with three years' worth of messages, an inventory of loss: news of colleagues who had died, friends asking whether he was still alive.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

But she said she chose not to text them to see if they were safe, as a pinging sound might give their locations away.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

The last email occurs in August 2017 with Tisch pinging Epstein to tell him that he and a friend just had lunch and “were talking very fondly about you.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

My phone is pinging near constantly with alerts from Signal groups that exist to defend and support our community.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026

In the lobby you try to walk casually, as if your scalp isn’t pinging with dizziness and fear.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead