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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

You can also be notified by way of the “Where’s My Ballot?” tracking tool if you have signed up for automatic notifications that will ping you if there are issues with your ballot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 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

“He seems to have been called by every honorary title imaginable,” noted one biographer—“the country’s leading novelist, philosopher, educator, designer, agricultural experimenter, architect, industrial management specialist, general and ping pong trainer.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

I’m getting better at ignoring the neighbors when I hear a ping coming from outside.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

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

In the future, they could pay to be the apps that Siri pings to complete tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Facebook pings me with “memories”: photo carousels of my adult daughter and me on a beach or posing for goofy selfies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

After I hung up with Robin, I ran downstairs to tell Dad what I’d learned about the tags and the pings.

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

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

Phones pinged with constant texts from friends and relatives watching the news around the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

This might have all pinged loudly on Rowan and Citra’s radar, had the High Blade not immediately announced that the next order of business was the apprentices.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Kelleher chip-kicked for herself before pinging an over-shoulder pass that led to Church's second try.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Executives are urging their staff to send messages in public Slack channels, open to anyone in the office to see, rather than privately pinging colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

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

A fruit bat gave a high pinging cry as it left the branches of a wild fig.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer