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as in to dent
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Recent Examples of ding
Unlike Caitríona Balfe in Belfast or Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans, Hathaway’s performance as a PTA mom is not concerned with being lovable, though that may ding her in what is, at heart, a high-school popularity contest.
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Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
These aren’t quite as simple to load as laying your skis down on a roof rack, but ding your gas mileage less than any other option here.
—Ryan Wichelns, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2022
When a store card make sense Applying for too many lines of credit can also ding your credit score, so choose carefully.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2022
The higher rates ding home affordability but also might be holding back home sales.
—Christine Romans, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
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Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
These aren’t quite as simple to load as laying your skis down on a roof rack, but ding your gas mileage less than any other option here.
—Ryan Wichelns, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2022
When a store card make sense Applying for too many lines of credit can also ding your credit score, so choose carefully.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2022
The higher rates ding home affordability but also might be holding back home sales.
—Christine Romans, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ding
Verb
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Soon after, Saavedra admitted to traveling to an L.A. neighborhood where the phone was pinging and spotting Zelocchi outside a residence in an apartment complex.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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One screaming return on to Nakashima’s toes brought up match point; the next one pinged off his racket and landed way out of bounds.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Shares of major tech companies were under pressure again on Monday, as the specter of higher inflation drove up Treasury yields and dented the outlook for possible Federal Reserve rate cuts later this year.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2025
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The panels may be broken or dented, or a security seal may be broken.—
Marley Malenfant,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
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After the atrocities committed during the World War II, fascism remains taboo in Western societies, so anything linking Musk to the ideology could severely tarnish his reputation, as well as risking a diplomatic spat with America's European allies.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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But Reubens’ image as a beloved childhood hero was severely tarnished in 1991 when he was arrested for indecent exposure at an adult movie theater, and then again in 2002 when he was charged with misdemeanor possession of obscene material.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Guests in silk blouses and slacks sipped scotch while the piano man tinkled the keys.—
Erin Florio,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Nov. 2024
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That had to have felt like Old Man Winter tinkling on his shoulder.—
Grant Brisbee,
The Athletic,
5 Aug. 2024
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Their football has been blighted by individual mistakes but also characterised by a rotten mood, a noxious fog of self-pity and entitlement which has descended around them, game after game.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Nevertheless, so many of Dortmund’s performances on the road look the same and are blighted by anonymity and, ultimately, bad mistakes.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Sam Hauser had a chance to extend that lead moments later after Tatum stole a pass and sprung him for a fast break, but his wide-open dunk attack clanged off the rim.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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In the 2020 postseason, Tucker hit the left upright from 41 yards away on the opening drive and clanged the right upright from 46 yards before making a 34-yarder right before halftime of Buffalo’s 17-3 victory.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Decca Christmas Recordings jingles 19-15, surpassing its prior No. 17 high – and marking a new best rank for Lee over her 61-plus-year span of appearing on the chart.—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
31 Dec. 2024
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Shoppers find last-minute Christmas gifts at area businesses Bells jingled on shop doors as people wandered in and out of stores searching for last-minute gifts on Christmas Eve in Northwest Arkansas.—
Gael Langdon,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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In his final start of 2018, Sabathia plunked Tampa Bay’s Jesus Sucre in response to the Rays’ Andrew Kittredge throwing behind Austin Romine earlier in the game.—
Peter Sblendorio,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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An opposing hitter was plunked and Collins knew the other team would retaliate.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Ding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ding. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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