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chime

[chahym] / tʃaɪm /


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But for event organisers, the prices chime with wider trends.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Time stands still at the nearby burnt-out house of the Siman Tov family, where a wind chime dangles by the door.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

By calling for the early review, the FCC allowed petitioners and ordinary residents to chime in on the stations’ operations and ABC network programming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Late in the album, “Spirit Showing” features a twinkly keyboard that brings to mind the dusty chime of the celesta, as if the song takes place in a dim space illuminated by candlelight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

“Then we're with you all the way,” Pamela assures me, and Jordie and Sophie chime in their agreement.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

“That’s teamwork,” chimes in Castaneda, who has worked at Langer’s for 43 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

It’s something I really notice when I’m with other people and I hear all their dings, beeps, and chimes and I just think, Why?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

This chimes with some of the women at the temple, who say they have been seeing more and more social media posts of friends tying the knot and having babies.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Brianna chimes in, “The crispy corn dog can fold up into a blanket. You can nap on it!”

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

The leaders of other major AI companies chimed in with supportive views on X. “I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

On the rare occasions when he chimed in, it wasn’t to ask Claude about the unintelligible string of equations on his screen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

From the passenger's seat, Yegor's wife, settled into the car's leather seats, chimed in.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

I think his son Rex Jones chimed in.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026

Mari and Yolanda went on like that for a hit, and soon others chimed in with opinions.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

And finally, they’ll discuss why Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s latest market tinkering has everyone chiming in.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

“Midnight Movement” encases Monk’s best-known melody, “’Round Midnight” within a chiming, repeated figure and a gauze of natural overtones and synth tones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

She recorded a piano song about a cathedral engulfed by the seas and sent it to me, full of dim, chiming bells and green gloom.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson




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