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[ring] / rɪŋ /








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It’s hard to keep track of who’s kissing whose ring.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

"This study follows our recent development of the drug candidate GHP-88310. It demonstrates that the drug is suitable to augment traditional ring vaccination against measles."

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

Other photos showed Hernandez touching hands with Burke while wearing a ring.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The bout has landed on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's ring return against Kristian Prenga in Jeddah.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

At the same time, he was making the bottoms ring with a peculiar noise that he hadn’t made before.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

On July 10, Chey rang the bell at New York’s Nasdaq to celebrate SK Hynix’s U.S. trading debut.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Halfway through his sermon prep, his phone rang again: another hospital visit request.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

They rang the estate agent handling the sale and told them he was not in fact a wealthy pilot but a man with a history of fraud.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

President Donald Trump on Monday rang the opening bells for both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq from the Oval Office at the White House.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

Someone in the audience began clapping—a hard, separated noise that rang to my ear as sarcastic.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Set on a peninsula ringed by vineyards and nature reserves, St. Tropez’s surroundings still feel wild, thanks to a 1986 national law that preserves large tracts of coastline.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

She pointed across the valley to a property ringed by darkened trees and vegetation.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

A courtyard ringed by a brick wall anchors the buildings, and neighbors are invited to paint on it.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2026

Many of the south of England ospreys are ringed but do not carry trackers.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2026

And they saw that in the midst of the eyot a mound was piled, ringed with stones, and set about with many spears.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

“Hadestown” is a love story first and foremost, set in a joyous juke joint, the band ringing the stage.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Tinnitus, often described as ringing in the ears, occurs when someone perceives a sound inside the ear or head even though no external source is producing it.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

"The phones were ringing off the hook," said Cindy Nellis, from Bath Domestic Appliances.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Ultimately, DiFucci’s upgrade isn’t a ringing endorsement of Agentforce and the company’s AI initiatives.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Thirty minutes later, Papa and I had our old blacksmith shop ringing.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

It was the fourth consecutive World Cup in which the U.S. has gone out in the final 16, a rung on the tournament ladder the Americans have gotten past just once in 96 years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

On 5 January, Fery retired injured in qualifying for a Challenger tournament in Canberra, on the lowest rung of the professional tour.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

“You’re at the bottom rung of society’s ladder,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The Medieval-castle-themed hotel on the south end of the Strip—signature attraction the Tournament of Kings show and dinner—is on the lowest rung of the MGM Resorts ladder in Las Vegas.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

On the other side of the pen, they could see a girl in white painter's pants standing on a small ladder, leaning over the top rung of the fence.

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene