ping

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

Not long after the game ended, he heard the ping of a text message.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

Lu - the 64-year-old president of the American Changle Association, a Chinese community group - argued he was simply trying to help people renew driver's licenses and facilitate social activities like mahjong and ping pong.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

Upload speeds were generally stable, though ping times increased significantly on distant servers — reaching over 500 ms in Australia — which could introduce noticeable lag during gaming or video calls.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

I tell myself that I won’t look, but as soon as the first ping sounds I’m at the window.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

His phone app pings; he puts on his protective mask and heads out wearily to fight crime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

The ball pings from Brunson to Landry Shamet to Mikal Bridges to OG Anunoby and back to Bridges again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 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

There was an art to interpreting the pings that even Ray and Robin hadn’t learned yet.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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

He was abroad in March this year when his phone pinged to say he no longer had access to the Kia Connect app.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

The doors pinged open on the fourth floor.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Similarly, he said, where a stolen device is pinging its location at an address, an officer will be required to knock on the door.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Wi-Fi still worked—though he couldn’t answer, his phone kept pinging with updates and questions about the other Spirit planes Nomadic was supposed to ferry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

Cellphone pinging: Investigators, particularly those with FBI technical units, will use geo-fencing to scour the cell towers around Guthrie’s home for cellphone users.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 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

Reactors like the ones at Fukushima Daiichi increase the likelihood that those pinging neutrons will hit another uranium 235 nucleus by slowing them down.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland