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jingle

[jing-guhl] / ˈdʒɪŋ gəl /


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A California judge ruled that the infamous Kars4Kids jingle misleads donors.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

Rose has never penned an ad slogan or crafted a jingle.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Silverlake Conservatory of Music, the school he co-founded in 2001, is vibrating with its usual joyful jingle on this warm spring morning.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

The single opens with the sound of jingle bells being briskly rung.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2025

We would hear their car­avans approaching our neighborhood, the mewling of their sheep, the baaing of their goats, the jingle of bells around their camels’ necks.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

His first success came with jingles for brands like State Farm — “Like a Good Neighbor” is his handiwork — and Band-Aid.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

In turn, an expanding roster of immersive, cinematic TV made the medium’s cheesy jingles and pandering copy look and sound discordant.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2026

In television interviews, his wife and nine children sang campaign jingles.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

The band eventually dissolved, and Colin moved to Singapore for a year to write jingles.

From Seattle Times May 22, 2024

The bell tied to the bakery door jingles, and someone enters.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Bells on their feet jingled as they moved in a circle.

From Seattle Times May 11, 2023

As an ice cream truck jingled up to the curb, Sonia Eaddy, the block party’s organizer, stepped up to the microphone.

From Washington Post Jul. 24, 2021

Cards are being dealt, dice are rolling and slot machines flashed and jingled for the first customers who started gambling again early Thursday in Las Vegas and throughout the state.

From Washington Times Jun. 4, 2020

Bert jingled his black change purse with a sly grin.

From The Guardian Dec. 28, 2018

Chico’s pockets jingled with coins, which he handed out if we did him small favors.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The bowler must ask the striker if he or she is ready and then yell "play" as the jingling ball is delivered underarm with at least one bounce.

From Barron's Nov. 22, 2025

As a member of the U.S. team, Alvaro Mora Arellano stations himself along the sideline, waiting for the jingling ball to come his way.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2024

I had to go through a labyrinth of bolted doors to get to this kitchen - in the corners of the room, officers with jingling keys are looking on.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2024

In the end, it wasn’t the bell that signaled something was up, but the jingling of a court officer’s keys — a ring full of them clanking as Maj.

From Seattle Times May 30, 2024

So when the men with their bloodstained spears came jingling down the aisle of our church pageant on Easter Sunday it represented progress, I’m sure, but it wasn’t what Father really hoped for.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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