dinged

Example Sentences

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A suspicious spike in oil markets, Meta gets dinged, and OpenAI scraps Sora.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

But the shock exacerbated inflation, which ultimately dinged earnings, boosted borrowing costs and led the index to pull back 21% in the first half of 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

She accused the committee of a lack of transparency and dinged the Trump administration for limiting the federal government’s ability to investigate human trafficking.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

Your credit score might get dinged slightly for a month or two.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

She and her mother were filling up water bottles in the kitchen sink so they’d have clean water to drink when Natalie’s phone dinged.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz