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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

You can also be notified by way of the “Where’s My Ballot?” tracking tool if you have signed up for automatic notifications that will ping you if there are issues with your ballot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 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

In Australia, Surfshark’s ping times ranged from 281 to 422 ms, while NordVPN’s latency was lower — between 292 and 406 ms — based on test data.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

The torturous ping of enemy sonar waves echoed relentlessly through the boat.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

Minute-by-minute location tracking is based on GPS data, pings to nearby cellphone towers, Bluetooth beacons and Wi-Fi connections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

If the phrasing pings on your internal generative AI radar, you’re not alone.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

Not yogurt eaten in a fugue state between Slack pings.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

Dings, pings, bells, whoops, and techno music filled the air.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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

We pinged our readers for the terms that really annoy them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Canadian women's skip Rachel Holman was pinged for a double touch.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

I used to dash by, feeling like a dartboard, a big red bull’s-eye that Mother pinged darts at.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

But sometimes, he says, it's nice to have a digital detox without his phone pinging.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

The Wi-Fi still worked—though he couldn’t answer, his phone kept pinging with updates and questions about the other Spirit planes Nomadic was supposed to ferry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

My phone is pinging near constantly with alerts from Signal groups that exist to defend and support our community.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026

Just after 10:30 a.m., attendees’ phones started pinging: A fire had started in the Palisades.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025

And then I imagine I can feel the X rays and the gamma rays, feel them pinging on my eyelids, shooting through my skull, making the palms of my hands tingle like they've fallen asleep.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements