ring in

verb

rang in; rung in; ringing in; rings in

transitive verb

: to celebrate the beginning of something

ring in the New Year

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Three people were arrested in connection with a vehicle airbag theft ring in Miami-Dade, with investigators looking for a fourth suspect, the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office announced. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 The inescapable sounds of rejection and resentment should’ve long been raining down from the Dawg Pound and ringing in the ears of the bosses who divided this fanbase by dolling up a flawed man as their franchise quarterback. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The next total lunar eclipse will take place on New Year’s Eve in 2028—what a way to ring in 2029! — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026 There’s surprisingly little ring-slinging in episode two, but the implications of John, a novice Lantern, both creating an apparently sentient construct and controlling it without the ring in his possession are pretty enormous for DC’s mythology. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ring in

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