ringing

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The clip uses the same audio of a phone buzzing and ringing as the video Serena Williams posted earlier this month to announce her return to competitive tennis.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Dean, 38, carried the sacks - which were filled with household waste - to the nearby property and piled them outside before ringing the doorbell.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

"We usually listen to the bells ringing -- it's calming. It gives hope for a better future and hope that sooner or later all of this will end," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

Mr. McCartney, in the author’s telling, strolls on the grounds with the guru, hears a phone ringing insistently and runs to answer it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

There was something about the work that fascinated me: the flying sparks and the ringing anvil, the cherry-red metal and the roaring forge.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls