ding-dong
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Inside were cameras and listening devices throughout the house; anyone approaching his locked bedroom would be detected and announced by loud ding-dong sounds before reaching the bedroom door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
It went to eight deuces before a netted backhand allowed Siniakova to level the set at 3-3 before another ding-dong battle in the next game.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
I was the kid in the neighborhood running around with no socks on, hopping over fences, playing tag, playing ding-dong ditch, like kids in the old days.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
But it can certainly provoke a stirring diplomatic ding-dong.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2022
My homework swims in front of my closed eyes—the Intro to Wall Street stock-picking game, the Inca history paper, the ding-dong math test—they appear as if on a gravestone.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
I am puzzled by a series of ding-dongs which follow my use of the internet.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2023
“And then we figured out where it was so, and then one of your officers was like, ‘Hey, hey ding-dongs, you’re at the wrong spot.’”
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2020
We are a group of merry ding-dongs who love each other.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2019
He has some specifically choice language for the network’s prime-time ding-dongs:
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2018
The doorbell ding-dongs, and children squeal outside, and Freckles goes, “God! We spent all that time at Duane Reade and didn’t even think to pick up candy.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
