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earring

[eer-ring, -ing] / ˈɪərˌrɪŋ, -ɪŋ /


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She still wears a bracelet and an earring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

BBC Radio 2's Mills joked: "I am playing the role of James from The Traitors, and my fake earring is absolutely killing me, although I am getting quite used to these really big sideburns!"

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Aizenberg’s lab is developing an e-nose device that livestock would wear as an earring, allowing unconstrained real-time data collection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The small canvas shows a young woman set on a dark background, her head turned towards the viewer and a pearl earring glinting from beneath her blue and cream turban.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

He always wore a least one fancy earring, and it glittered and spun at his jaw when he abruptly halted or changed direction in his walking.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich