rung

Example Sentences

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If that’s so, you’d be in good shape overall, and you could roll that $310,000 into the next rung of your ladder pretty confidently.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Lesch never climbed above the lowest rung on the minor league ladder, where he pitched just 10 innings and gave up more runs, hits and walks than he got outs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Chants of "You're not fit to wear the shirt" rung out from the travelling fans at Fratton Park.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Each rung of the ladder is an inflation-protected security maturing in a successive year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

June marched right over to the ladder and planted a foot on the bottom rung.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake