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

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

How refreshing to know that when someone needs a break, I can say, “Let’s circle back,” and eventually he’ll ping me on Teams to ask, “Can I put this back on your radar?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

I’m fast asleep when the ping goes off.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Jets scrambled on the second occasion, but the lights and their radar pings disappeared when the planes got close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

He trades the plush G-funk popular in L.A. for a style more common in New York—all hard surfaces and rigid drums, with a barely-there melody that pings like sonar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

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

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

FBI agent Andrew Kerstetter also presented evidence that Walters’ cellphone had pinged off a U.S.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Brophy is a hiker, and her Apple watch last pinged her at a trail head near the pond, according to the nonprofit support group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 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

Looked more comfortable in the car and before the track limits violation got him pinged in sprint qualifying, looked ahead of team-mate Sainz.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

The record pinged away at us just about every class.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

Traders and investors are pinging banks about how to get into suites or the lower bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

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

I had to shout over the sound of the rain pinging against the silver, rippled body of the trailer the truck had been hauling.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken