gong
Example Sentences
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There is even a gong, which is used to celebrate business milestones, new funding rounds or anything else worth marking with a ceremonial bang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Weeks after winning the best new artist Grammy, she bagged the evening's most coveted Album Of The Year gong, beating out indie singer Sam Fender, rockers Wolf Alice, pop star Lily Allen and rapper Dave.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Speaking about Buckley's nomination for the best actress gong, O'Farrell said she was delighted.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
Danger feels suspended in the soft-blue light, in which the lion’s tail and the round, silvery moon, balanced just-so, are poised like a raised mallet and gong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
A gong had been rung while they were upstairs, and they came down to eat the noon meal at the Long Table of the refectory, along with a hundred or more boys and young men.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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