chime
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In the pop melody “Volveré,” she questions where her heart will remain once she leaves town, as muffled trumpets chime in at the outro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The White House is racing to hammer out policies while the tech world and moral authorities chime in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Finales can be tough, given how viewers chime in on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
However, the analysis shows another significant annual rise, and the figures chime with those provided by other monitoring groups.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
The clock continues to chime, but she feels the stillness fall.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
I’d be curious if Peters chimes in on the question, having changed his mind on acquisitions not long ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
"I think it chimes really well with my generation of people-pleasing," she says.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Reardon grew up in South Dakota’s Black Hills and says she chimes in on restaurants, attractions and hiking in a Facebook group focused on that destination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
He added, however, that the mindset also chimes with the line being put out by the authorities -- that life in Russia continues as normal, despite the war.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
A few fairies played among the chimes, making soft music.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Another vet chimed in: “It’s such a beautiful thing — we GET to do nothing if we want to.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
I think his son Rex Jones chimed in.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
All this might have been dismissed as frivolous chatter - until state media and authorities chimed in with stern words for Xie.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Granny’s clock had just chimed midnight when Miss Love came back in, her eyes dark-circled, her green print dress wrinkled.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
In the years that followed, whenever she popped up in the news, Trump couldn’t stop himself from chiming in.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
And together they honored another kind of star from the “Wallace” films, chiming together, “Cracking cheese, Gromit!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
He hardly interrupts, chiming in only when his siblings are done talking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
Two pianists weave together brief musical statements—crawling, low-end figures; chiming high notes; staggered phrases; wisps of possible melodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
The little bells kept chiming as I followed her through a dark foyer into the living room.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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