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“No, I wasn’t gonged, thank goodness,” Ms. Mohawk wrote in a 2016 post on the blog Rockasteria.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Those who weren’t gonged were rated by the judges on a 1-to-10 scale.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2017

But the critics have also been saying that, as a unit, the Beach Boys are singing well, and not fit to be gonged just yet.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2012

Meanwhile, as a standup, he was being gonged off stage at have-a-go comedy nights before he'd said a word – for looking young and wearing silly jumpers.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2011

The metal trash can gonged as he spat the gum inside.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore