alarm
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It was not quite a protest chant, but a verbal alarm for the neighborhood.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Although this might raise some alarm bells, last season there was a rise in man-to-man pressure high up the pitch - making playing out from the back tougher.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
A false alarm became part of the narrative when the Heat posted a link July 21 to a scheduled live stream titled “LeBron James Introductory Press Conference” to its YouTube channel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
A US review panel on Thursday recommended loosening restrictions on the much hyped peptide BPC-157, voting that specialized pharmacies be allowed to produce it despite alarm bells from medical experts over safety concerns.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
When my alarm went off Monday morning, it was accompanied by a text from Traveler.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Long before modern professional police forces, public order depended on watches, constables, alarms, and forms of compelled or expected community response.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The inquiry also heard staff were relying on infrared Oxevision cameras to help monitor patients, but poor wi-fi connections limited access to information and emergency alarms were muted.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Some people, Johnston added, have medical alert devices, smoke alarms and home alarm systems that rely on the copper networks to work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
System errors at telecom networks triggered alarms across continents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
I stopped by the Inspection Office on my way down the corridor, and I being the guard none stopped me from entering and looking till I found the wall-panel that contained the alarms and switches.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The incident came shortly after another behavioral issue involving Nacua that alarmed the Rams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Huang sent the BBC a video from her village's WeChat group, which showed several residents looking alarmed as a large black snake slithered on their mud-covered floor.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Arnulfo De La Cruz, who leads a California union representing thousands of home care workers with temporary protected status, said he is alarmed by the Supreme Court’s many immigration rulings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Yet many frustrated and alarmed American parents are probably gratified that at least their leaders are finally trying something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
He slings one through the air to Bill, who looks not even remotely alarmed.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Hardware being a linchpin of IBM’s revenue is one reason investors found the company’s recent sales decline so alarming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The formal subject is the court's budget, including millions of dollars in extra security funding after rising threats against judges and a series of alarming incidents involving members of the Supreme Court.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
"The problem is serious, very serious," Dyke said about an "alarming" lack of homegrown talent.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
It is alarming that we live in a moment of widespread ignorance that CPS caseworkers, like all fallible government officials, are bound by the Constitution.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
I am looking for one person who has telephoned me with alarming calls, but that means thirty-three have not.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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