ring
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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