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[ring] / rɪŋ /








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Organon knows the market for long-acting reversible contraception well: It also owns the hormonal Nexplanon, the only contraceptive implant approved for use in the U.S., and the NuvaRing, a hormonal vaginal ring.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

Forty-four years after their first Fall Classic, the Brewers are back for the ring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Unbeaten Smith, 29, returns to the ring for the first time since becoming world champion with a stunning knockout of Subriel Matias in New York in January.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

“Everyone knows they stole the ring from us,” Cody Bellinger said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

He pulled the blue ring and the net closed.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Bud Light Cheladas marked $3 that rang up at $3.15.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

“All right there, handsome,” she said, as she rang him up at the register.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

On Friday morning a minute's silence was held at 09:15 BST to mark the moment the coal spoil struck the village, and church bells rang 144 times for each child and adult who died.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

We were four days out from mixing or from mastering the album, and Carlos rang me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

And then—just as the day looked desperate and the whole world began to feel like sinking sand—a sudden voice rang out.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Since 1982, policymakers and prominent economists have gathered in this remote valley ringed by mountains in Grand Teton National Park -- known to most people more for its bison than for spirited debates on macroeconomics.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

He added he had ringed more than 260 owlets in Cambridgeshire this year.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The birds are ringed and tagged to allow conservationists to track their movements and understand their life history.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Set on a peninsula ringed by vineyards and nature reserves, St. Tropez’s surroundings still feel wild, thanks to a 1986 national law that preserves large tracts of coastline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The main pavilion was open to the night, ringed with black Greek columns and statues of the Titans.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Alarm bells aren’t ringing yet, but Rosenberg says the chances of a recession in the next year-and-a-half have risen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“A ringing phone now reads as an emergency, and most of us have been conditioned to meet surprise with a small spike of alarm,” Christa Smith, a psychologist in Georgia, said.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Wedding bells are ringing for Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio and his longtime girlfriend Nikki Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

"The phone was ringing in the package," explains Commander Andy Featherstone, the Metropolitan police's lead on mobile phone theft.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Ella flinched, the sting of Brigit's words ringing true.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Levanon contends rapid advances in AI will stunt demand, perhaps permanently, for the sort of white-collar administrative work that used to be the first rung on the ladder for college graduates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

By the time the teenager was replaced in the 74th minute, with Bradley Barcola taking over, the chants of "Rio, Rio, Rio" had repeatedly rung around Anfield.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Dropping one rung to fifth, also with $8 million, was "Primetime," starring Robert Pattinson as reality TV host Chris Hansen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

At the lowest consumer-friendly rung rest affordable fillers and Botox injections.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

When he did, he was hanging from the third-to-last rung like they were monkey bars, which he’d never been able to cross in his entire life.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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