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gonged

verb

past tense of gong

as in clanged

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On the walls, a few pots hang from a copper rod, a dinner bell waits to be jingled, and an ancient clock keeps time.

— Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 2 July 2026
The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026

Definition of jingled

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Miriam pulled one tooth, then another from her mouth, and clinked them into a porcelain dish on her nightstand.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
In the next shot, the couple clinked wine glasses as Gomez took a bite of cheese, before Blanco filmed marinara sauce being laid in a pan.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of clinked

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At the restaurant, tables plonked in the sand feel intimate and experiential as well as immersed in the changing colors of the sunset sky.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
With no room for error, Webb walked Andruw Monasterio to gift the Red Sox one run, then plunked Mickey Gasper to gift them another.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026

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White supremacist groups and alt-right influencers have clashed with local immigration advocates and faith leaders who sought to protect the Haitian community.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
Spanish protesters and migrants clashed with police and each other in Ceuta, one month after a horde of over 70,000 Moroccan migrants abruptly swarmed the small Spanish enclave.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of clashed

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Minutes after the fight ended, a lone 911 caller rang authorities to report the brawl.

— Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
According to the arrest report, detectives then found surveillance video showing the outside of the victim’s home moments before the two kidnappers rang the doorbell.

— KFOX Staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024

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