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doorbell

[dawr-bel, dohr-] / ˈdɔrˌbɛl, ˈdoʊr- /
NOUN
chime
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK


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New York Times reporter Julian E. Barnes was watching “The Sheep Detectives” with his family one recent Friday night when two federal agents rang his doorbell.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

In a Facebook post, the Sheriff’s Department urged residents in the area to “make sure your doors are locked” and to ensure that “your doorbell cameras are working properly.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

With Guthrie missing, the FBI extracted and released doorbell camera images of an armed and masked man outside her home on the morning of her disappearance.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Days later, she visited again and rang the doorbell 133 times, an act that the court said demonstrated an "extreme level of obsession".

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

I push past the extreme awkwardness of the doorbell situation.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Researcher Felix Morsbach notes that intelligence agencies or cybercriminals currently have easier ways to monitor people, including hacked security cameras or internet connected doorbells.

From Science Daily May 23, 2026

Then powered by a glazed doughnut and extra-large energy drink, he zips around driveways in northern New Jersey and nearby New York, ringing doorbells, photographing doorsteps and hauling away the physical aftermath of holiday optimism.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 31, 2025

"Ringing doorbells, knocking on doors, alerting the neighbours, telling them to leave -- that's what the situation was like," he said.

From Barron's Nov. 27, 2025

Since then, neighborhood groups in New Jersey have organized “sky watches” to track the invading swarms and traded reports via their Ring doorbells.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2024

Nothing radical, no hothead stuff, just ringing a few doorbells for Gene McCarthy, composing a few tedious, uninspired editorials for the campus newspaper.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien



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