gong
Example Sentences
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There is even a gong, which is used to celebrate business milestones, new funding rounds or anything else worth marking with a ceremonial bang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The band's Noel Gallagher was in attendance to collect the gong for songwriter of the year.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Handy, because you'll want to soak up the celebrations after Andy Robertson lifts the grand, gold gong aloft.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
Danger feels suspended in the soft-blue light, in which the lion’s tail and the round, silvery moon, balanced just-so, are poised like a raised mallet and gong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
Someone hits what sounds like a gong, and the shouts gradually stop, though the mutters don’t.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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