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[ring] / rɪŋ /








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For young men here, nights in the ring are far better than the alternative.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

When he learned of Burton’s departure, he decided to throw his hat in the ring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Zack Polanski, the Green Party candidate, told BBC London he was "feeling confident or I wouldn't have put my hat in the ring in the first place, but I'm not complacent".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

"We compared the findings with other techniques and confirmed an aromatic ring intermediate can coordinate with aluminum and cause a binding-energy change."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

While Papa and I were working, I kept thinking about the fairy ring and the wishes we had made.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

I got a glass of water, then the phone rang.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Three days later, my phone rang early in the morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Murillo rang up tortillas, cuts of meat, and three-liter Mexican soda bottles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

When his sister Charlene rang from New York, she was worried.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Something about that voice rang the bell of a distant memory.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Since 1982, policymakers and prominent economists have gathered in this remote valley ringed by mountains in Grand Teton National Park -- known to most people more for its bison than for spirited debates on macroeconomics.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

As access reopened mid-morning, AFP saw the blackened remains of several burnt-out cars along roads near Omis, some ringed by silver puddles of metal that had melted under the intense heat of the fires.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

"I have ringed quite a few groups of five and four owlets this year. But this is the first brood of six I have found," he added.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Set on a peninsula ringed by vineyards and nature reserves, St. Tropez’s surroundings still feel wild, thanks to a 1986 national law that preserves large tracts of coastline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

It was a small hilly mass of land, covered in forests and ringed with white beaches.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Soprano Lise Davidsen was a mercurial Lady Macbeth, pushing her husband into dark deeds yet with more sides to her than her steely, ringing high notes would suggest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The title track balances ringing classic rock chords mixed with Morello’s trademark Bomb Squad-esque riffs against a half-spoken, half-chanted narration and a white-hot guitar solo.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

A ringing bell, for example, gradually grows quieter until the sound disappears.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The outgoing Catholic Bishop of Derry believes one of the biggest challenges of retirement will be getting used to his phone "not ringing so often".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Saleem rode by, ringing his bell loudly, the white handkerchief poking out of his pocket.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins

And after a standout showing at the All-American Bowl, Luke soared into the top rung of every major recruiting ranking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

No one will give speeches at the ceremony, while bereaved family members will read out the names of all of those killed and a bell rung to mark major moments during the attack.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Condos really represent kind of the entry rung to the homeownership ladder,” Berner, the economist, said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

“And so that usually puts that group of people into a lower rung of the income distribution.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The phone had rung many times since the accident and almost every time I asked him who was calling, it turned out to be one of the guys on the team.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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