alarmed

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Appeared in the December 30, 2025, print edition as 'Don’t Be Alarmed by Dissent at the Fed'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Alarmed by three consecutive, destructive wildfire seasons in California, Ms Alexander, her husband and two young children piled into a camper van and drove across the country to Minnesota in 2020.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

Alarmed by what she was hearing, Amy Donofrio decided to do something.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2024

Alarmed neighbors snapped photographs, some of which were recently obtained by The New York Times.

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

Alarmed, I dropped the candle, spilling the molten wax on my feet; the room was plunged into utter darkness, for the bright light disappeared barely seconds after it had flashed.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane