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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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Lt Col Graham Watson, who led a service inquiry into the incident, said the driver of the Warrior "would have almost certainly stopped" if the alarm had sounded.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The patterns “set off the alarm bells,” he said.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Any sequence of events that leads a person, especially someone like your father-in-law who is 81 years old, to effectively make himself penniless and dependent on others raises serious alarm bells.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

And a higher multiple isn’t necessarily cause for alarm, says Haider.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

I threw a look of alarm at Ba.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

If I lose contact again with the team, we have to keep it within the team because I do know that that hit alarms and a lot of people were stressed and panicked.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

When the psychedelic, entrancing recording first hit YouTube, it listed a credit for AI “artists” in its description, sounding alarms among the band’s loyal fan base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

"What happened should not be used to generate alarms and disorder," he said, adding that he had called for a report on the damage.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The changes cut the typical number of alarms per patient each day by 75% in the pediatric ICU and by 82% in the cardiac unit, with researchers finding no increase in emergencies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“One of the camp’s perimeter alarms was triggered. Don’t worry—it might be nothing. We’ve had animals step a little too close to the wires before.”

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Col Watson said: "The built-in alarm would have alarmed because the rear doors were open, and had that gone off the driver would have almost certainly stopped."

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Foreign Press Association, which represents international media covering Israel and the Palestinian territories, said it was "deeply alarmed" by false media reports about Bader.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The newlywed bottlewasher is alarmed that his bride wants him to fix the roof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

That’s according to newsletter editor Steven Jon Kaplan, who is alarmed by what he sees as investors piling into stocks without much thought.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

But Richard Garrett was alarmed by Booth’s reaction to the riders.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

As Ivan and Nina wrestle with their own emotional truths, which range from her mother Nora’s departure from their lives to Ivan’s clumsy recitations of Nina’s childhood antics, something alarming is afoot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Neighbors noted the family of two was reserved and unsociable, but that their behavior was never alarming.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

This last, it is said, may be a deleted chapter from the novel but is notable for many chills of its own, such as that evoked by the alarming tombstone inscription: “The dead travel fast.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

That’s why news this week that Greenland was planning to cull 1,000 Greenland sharks was so alarming to many online.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

To the Soviet Union, which had been left out of the Munich Agreement, the rate at which Germany was gobbling up European territory was seriously alarming.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein


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