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But within just a few months, I’d reverted to my old habits—immediately glancing at and engaging with every ping and alert, and reflexively picking up my phone to scroll through my rotation of go-to websites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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

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

In Australia, Surfshark’s ping times ranged from 229 to 281 ms, while NordVPN’s latency was slightly lower, averaging 210 to 260 ms.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

Occasionally there was a ping as somebody dipped his nib too violently into his tiny white porcelain ink-well.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 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

Beyond cellphone pings placing Rinderknecht in the general area where the fire began, Haney and his experts argue that authorities have few specifics from the terabytes of evidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 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

I’m about to reply when a third text pings through.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

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

Kristi Buckley was at work when a security camera aimed out her living room window pinged her phone: The neighbor’s house is on fire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

Before the kids could start in with the questions again, Mama’s cell phone pinged.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

The penalty count against the visitors ramped up, with referee James Doleman pinging England nine times after the interval.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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

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

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026

My phone started pinging with two-factor authentication notifications.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

I listen to Togo push his bowl from one side of the kitchen to the other, the metal dish pinging against the baseboards.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila