Example Sentences
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No phone, no laptop, no smartwatch, no ring, no pings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
Prosecutors said the victim pressed his cell’s emergency call button, which turned on a green light outside his door and sent a series of pings to notify the guard on duty in the living area.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The soundtrack is a series of bleeps and pings as fresh data is fed to dozens of men in T-shirts and hoodies hunched over joysticks and keyboards.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
If the phrasing pings on your internal generative AI radar, you’re not alone.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
It had stopped answering pings four hours and twenty-four minutes ago.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
