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ring

[ring] / rɪŋ /








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Standing at the lectern and wearing a black t-shirt and jacket, White looked like he might be more comfortable in the octagon -- the ring used for UFC fights.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

The real priority was perfecting the Ali shuffle in the ring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

And the Londoner did nothing to prove otherwise as Hutchinson often toyed with his opponent in the centre of the ring.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

For example, one ring could contain debris from a planet's outer crust, while the other contains material from deeper inside, such as its core.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

“I saw a fairy ring this morning,” I said.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

As soon as Abdy turned her speech toward rage, a faint “preach!” rang from somewhere in the ballroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

By the time the closing bell rang, retail investors had already sold a net $257 million in single stocks — the third-largest one-day outflow since March 2020.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Earlier this month, Powerus also became a public company as Velicovich and his partners, cheering and flanked by their families, rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Swift, who has been treated for three types of cancer and has had two heart attacks, said when he rang hospital taxis, he was asked if he could walk, climb stairs and owned a car.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

By the time the final bell rang, there were only a hundred students left in the building.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

PETERSBURG, Alaska—For months, the tale of “Decoy Dan”—a local retired teacher running against a U.S. senator who shares his name—drew chuckles and eye rolls across this remote fishing village ringed by mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

It is the first time chicks are known to have been ringed under licence from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, with support from the British Trust for Ornithology.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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

Inside the wall a parking lot ringed a modern glass-and-steel building three stories tall.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

“As you get older, you start getting that soul of: I don’t care what y’all think,” he says of the somewhat rascally character he portrays in songs full of ringing honky-tonk guitars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Emons, whose firm provides investment research, was sitting at his downtown Manhattan office at 9 p.m. on Tuesday when his Android phone started ringing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Tina, who has been ringing for 40 years, says one of the biggest attractions is the sense of belonging it creates.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“A ringing phone now reads as an emergency, and most of us have been conditioned to meet surprise with a small spike of alarm.”

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

As one of the phones began ringing, she stood up and walked out of the room, followed by Klaus, who was carrying Sunny.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

She said she could not forgive Dunkley, who "could have rung the police at the time".

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Impressed by Mestemaker’s 6-foot-4 build, Morris offered him a walk-on spot—the bottom rung on the roster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Dropping one rung to fifth, also with $8 million, was "Primetime," starring Robert Pattinson as reality TV host Chris Hansen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

At the lowest consumer-friendly rung rest affordable fillers and Botox injections.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Her foot slipped on a slick rung, and Celaena barely stifled her cry as she gripped the bars, cursing as her knee banged into the gate.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas


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