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We might play ping pong or a board game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

It was a rare, unexplained, glitch in a system that blares out warnings of incoming attacks multiple times a day through loudspeaker announcements on the street and metro, and the collective ping of phone notifications.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Lu - the 64-year-old president of the American Changle Association, a Chinese community group - argued he was simply trying to help people renew driver's licenses and facilitate social activities like mahjong and ping pong.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

How refreshing to know that when someone needs a break, I can say, “Let’s circle back,” and eventually he’ll ping me on Teams to ask, “Can I put this back on your radar?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

The knife slid to the ground with a sharp ping against the tile.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

This is the kind of charge that pings around the internet but usually goes nowhere.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Sleuths are able to track the shipments, however, by following occasional pings from the shadow ships’ transponders, which are sometimes turned on for safety to navigate narrow straits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Prosecutors said the victim pressed his cell’s emergency call button, which turned on a green light outside his door and sent a series of pings to notify the guard on duty in the living area.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

The soundtrack is a series of bleeps and pings as fresh data is fed to dozens of men in T-shirts and hoodies hunched over joysticks and keyboards.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

That can be hard to do, the experts told me, when people are so accustomed to the constant stream of pings and external noises.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Brophy is a hiker, and her Apple watch last pinged her at a trail head near the pond, according to the nonprofit support group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

I’ve worked for many, and I know the distinct frustration of being pinged with, “Just checking in!” less than an hour after being asked how something is “coming along.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

He was abroad in March this year when his phone pinged to say he no longer had access to the Kia Connect app.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Phones pinged with constant texts from friends and relatives watching the news around the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

He eased himself onto the stool and began to tug; the warm milk pinged into the pail.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson

Executives are urging their staff to send messages in public Slack channels, open to anyone in the office to see, rather than privately pinging colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The penalty count against the visitors ramped up, with referee James Doleman pinging England nine times after the interval.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

When his phone finally sprang to life, it was pinging with three years' worth of messages, an inventory of loss: news of colleagues who had died, friends asking whether he was still alive.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

Cellphone pinging: Investigators, particularly those with FBI technical units, will use geo-fencing to scour the cell towers around Guthrie’s home for cellphone users.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

“He’s scared,” Kuda said, pinging another pebble at the kennel.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer