knelling

verb

present participle of knell
as in ringing
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates the church bells knelled to mark the death of the nation's beloved leader

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  • The act of ringing the opening bell suggests why the president’s emphasis on the stock market might not help his party much with voters this fall.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • There is no automatic, immutable rule that a visionary controller magically loses their touch exactly 120 months after ringing the opening bell at the stock exchange, and little data to suggest that controllers lose their touch so quickly.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026
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“Knelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knelling. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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