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It was a rare, unexplained, glitch in a system that blares out warnings of incoming attacks multiple times a day through loudspeaker announcements on the street and metro, and the collective ping of phone notifications.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

You can also be notified by way of the “Where’s My Ballot?” tracking tool if you have signed up for automatic notifications that will ping you if there are issues with your ballot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Lu - the 64-year-old president of the American Changle Association, a Chinese community group - argued he was simply trying to help people renew driver's licenses and facilitate social activities like mahjong and ping pong.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

“He seems to have been called by every honorary title imaginable,” noted one biographer—“the country’s leading novelist, philosopher, educator, designer, agricultural experimenter, architect, industrial management specialist, general and ping pong trainer.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

He began scooping up crackers and Ping-Pong balls and spraying them with top- ping.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

This is the kind of charge that pings around the internet but usually goes nowhere.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

The soundtrack is a series of bleeps and pings as fresh data is fed to dozens of men in T-shirts and hoodies hunched over joysticks and keyboards.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

Minute-by-minute location tracking is based on GPS data, pings to nearby cellphone towers, Bluetooth beacons and Wi-Fi connections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

If the phrasing pings on your internal generative AI radar, you’re not alone.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

The music briefly stops as Eddie’s phone pings.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Brophy is a hiker, and her Apple watch last pinged her at a trail head near the pond, according to the nonprofit support group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

I’ve worked for many, and I know the distinct frustration of being pinged with, “Just checking in!” less than an hour after being asked how something is “coming along.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Canadian women's skip Rachel Holman was pinged for a double touch.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Malinin was 17 when Boitano’s figure skater group chat pinged with a video of the world’s first quad axel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026

The moment was interrupted when Brooklyn’s phone pinged.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

He was in a bar in Halifax, West Yorkshire, with his wife when the sound of pinging phones began echoing around.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Executives are urging their staff to send messages in public Slack channels, rather than privately pinging colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

My phone is pinging near constantly with alerts from Signal groups that exist to defend and support our community.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026

My phone started pinging with two-factor authentication notifications.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

In the lobby you try to walk casually, as if your scalp isn’t pinging with dizziness and fear.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead