ringer
Example Sentences
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If someone needs a receiver for intramural football, he can be the ringer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
My phone lives in the bathroom in a charger with the ringer on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
"It was really fun for us to put them through the ringer and to basically have them look at each other and say: 'Are these differences too much for our partnership to succeed?'"
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
"I don't think Usman will have a choice. I think Khabib will have taken him back to the mountains in Dagestan after that first fight and absolutely put him through the ringer," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
Of course, Mary also knew that her son was a ringer; the two of them had been building to win.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
