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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

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

Jamie still felt a ping during that short inspection; that was the only part that still wasn’t quite routine, and that’s why he braced himself.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

Minute-by-minute location tracking is based on GPS data, pings to nearby cellphone towers, Bluetooth beacons and Wi-Fi connections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Her phone pings, and she nods and smiles.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

The wind pushed Tally’s hair back, and she blinked as bugs pinged against her face.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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

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

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

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026

"We get notifications every time a new case is confirmed in the UK and it's been pinging quite frequently, unfortunately," Ms Postance said.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025

He felt his brain pinging up, down, left, right, inside his skull.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia