ring up
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A pound of cheddar cheese and a pound of chicken wings both ring up at $3.99.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
It could ring up $11 billion in peak yearly sales, analysts project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
I used to ring up Freeman Dyson, the famed physicist, at the slightest excuse.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
But somewhere along the way, the companies realized they could ring up steep profits at the expense of patients.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
“I waitin till I can ring up the precinct about you. Darlene don wanna be a B-drinker. She force to be a B-drinker. She say she wanna go in showbiz.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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